[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Stafford 8-5-1952. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person, firm, corporation, partnership or association shall
maintain or operate a public information bureau or engage in providing
information service in the Town of Stafford, Genesee County, New York,
except from and within a building, which building shall conform with
all of the provisions of the Building Code[1] and Chapter 182, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Stafford.
No person, firm, corporation, partnership or association shall
use or permit any building in the Town of Stafford to be used for
the aforesaid purposes unless a permit authorizing such use shall
previously have been issued to the owner or lessee of such building.
Application for such permit shall be made on forms provided by the
Town of Stafford, and the application shall be filed with the Town
Clerk.
The Town Clerk, with the approval of the Town Board, shall issue
a written permit after certification by said Board, or its duly authorized
representative, that said building and the prospective use thereof
comply with all the requirements of this chapter, the Building Code[1] and Chapter 182, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Stafford and the laws of the State of New York.
The fee for such permit shall be the sum of $100 for each calendar
year or part thereof during which said permit is in effect, and all
permits under this chapter shall expire on the first day of January
following the date of issuance.
No signs, except those permitted by the ordinances of the Town
of Stafford, shall be erected or maintained on or about the premises
with respect to which a permit has been issued.
A.
No person other than an individual owner or lessee of a building,
with respect to which a permit has been issued as hereinbefore provided,
shall act as an attendant or employee of such public information bureau
or service unless such person shall previously obtain a license to
be issued upon written application therefor filed with the Town Clerk
of the Town of Stafford.
B.
The Town Clerk, with the approval of the Town Board, may issue a
license upon satisfactory proof that such person is a fit and proper
individual to engage in such business, and upon payment of a fee of
$25 for each calendar year or part thereof during which such license
is in effect. All licenses so issued shall expire on the first day
of January next succeeding the date of issuance.
C.
Each application for a license shall be accompanied with two recent
photographs of the applicant, one of which shall be attached to the
license when issued.
D.
No permit or license shall be issued to any person unless such applicant
is a citizen of the United States, of good moral character, and who
has not been previously convicted of a felony.
A.
No person
to whom a permit or license has been issued shall solicit the public
to obtain or receive information concerning travel routes, business
establishments, tourist accommodations or other matters from any point
or place outside of the building in which the public information bureau
or service is conducted.
B.
No person
to whom a permit or license has been issued under this chapter shall
wear any uniform or display any badge or insignia indicating that
he is a constable, police officer, employee or official of the Town
of Stafford nor shall be represent himself to be acting in that capacity.
C.
No person
to whom a permit or license has been issued as herein provided shall
give false or misleading information concerning travel routes, business
establishments, tourist homes or other tourist accommodations or as
to the rates, facilities or services of the same.
A permit or license issued in accordance with this chapter shall
not be transferable and shall be valid only so long as the holder
thereof shall comply with all the provisions of this chapter. All
permits and licenses shall be revocable at any time by the Town Board
of the Town of Stafford after conviction for violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter.
A violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter
shall be constructed and is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor and
shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months or
by a fine of not more than $250, or both, for each offense or violation.