[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ossining 8-14-1979
as Ord. No. 96. Section 153-3D added and § 153-4
amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II. Other
amendments noted where applicable.
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 63.
The Town Board of the Town of Ossining finds that it is in the best
interests of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Town of
Ossining to require that signs dealing with the occupancy limits in places
of public assembly be conspicuously posted.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The legal owner of the real property upon which the place of public
assembly is located. If said place of public assembly is leased, then the
"owner" shall be the lessee or lessees, if an individual or individuals, or
if a corporation, the owner shall be all the stockholders of such corporation.
Any private recreation facility or any eating or drinking establishment
located in the unincorporated area of the Town of Ossining, Westchester County,
New York.
A.
All places of public assembly located within the unincorporated
area of the Town of Ossining shall post a sign or signs as directed by the
Building Inspector of the Town of Ossining, which such signs shall state the
occupancy limits of such places of public assembly in accordance with the
Building Code of the State of New York. Such signs shall be issued by the
Building Inspector of the Town of Ossining and shall be in conformance with
the Building Code of the State of New York pertaining to space requirements
in places of public assembly.
B.
Such signs must be posted in a conspicuous location so
that any patron using such place of public assembly shall be able to easily
read such sign.
C.
The continuous and uninterrupted posting of such signs
as directed by the Building Inspector of the Town of Ossining shall be the
sole responsibility of the owner.
Any owner violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of
a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment for
not more than 15 days, or both. Each day that the said violation is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate violation.