[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Manorhaven
9-29-1930 by Ord. No. III. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person, firm or corporation shall, within the village of Manorhaven,
pursue or exercise for money or hire, without a license granted as hereinafter
provided, any of the following trades or occupations:
A.
The maintenance and operation of any theater, moving-picture
or any similar performance or exhibition.
B.
Circuses, dance halls or other exhibitions and performances,
the keeping of billiard or pool tables, bowling alleys, shooting galleries
and other similar places of amusement, including the maintenance of common
shows. The term "common shows" shall include carousel, merry-go-round, Ferris
wheel, steeplechase, chute, scenic railway, scenic cave, striking machine,
ring toss, picture show and all other shows of similar character, but shall
not include baseball games.
C.
The running of restaurants, eating places, lunch counters
and places for the sale of beverages of any class or description.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize gambling or any
games of chance or the pursuit or exercise of any said trades or occupations
except under and subject to the laws of the State of New York.
All licenses granted pursuant to this chapter shall expire on the last
day of April next following the granting thereof, unless sooner suspended
or revoked for cause.
All licenses granted pursuant to this chapter shall, upon the payment
of the prescribed fee therefor as hereinafter provided, be issued by the Mayor
to such persons as he shall deem fit and proper for such trade or occupation,
but no such license shall be granted for a trade or other occupation which
shall, in the judgment of the Mayor, be likely to disturb the peace and order
of the village or be immoral or improper. All such licenses when granted shall
at any time be revocable by the Mayor or by the Board of Trustees, with or
without notice, for any cause for which such licenses might have originally
been refused.
The fee for licenses for conducting the trades or occupations set forth in § 88-1 of this chapter shall be $5, which shall be paid to the Village Clerk at the time application for such license is made.
[Amended 6-22-1966]
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be deemed an offense
against the chapter and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $100 for
each violation. Each day a violation occurs or continues shall be considered
a separate offense against the chapter.
