[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Paterson 12-18-1979
by Ord. No. 79-111 as Ch. 4, Art. 9, of the 1979 Revised
General Ordinances of Paterson. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Amusements and amusement devices — See Ch. 117.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any place or establishment where roller-skating is carried on and
admission is obtained by purchase of a ticket or token or payment of a fee
or by payment of a charge for checking clothing or other properties.
No person shall conduct or operate a roller-skating rink in the city
without having first obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided in
this chapter.
A.
Application for a roller-skating rink license shall be addressed to the Council and filed with the Licensing Division, on forms supplied by said Licensing Division, and approved by the Council. The application shall be accompanied by the license fee prescribed in § 389-4.
B.
No license shall be approved by the Council if the Council
finds that:
(1)
Such rink and its location do not conform to all ordinances
of the city and to all laws, rules and regulations of the State of New Jersey
or to any board, body or commission thereof which may be applicable to such
rink or the premises on which it is situated.
(2)
Such rink will not be safe and sanitary.
(3)
Such rink will be a hazard to life and property.
(4)
The individual applicant or any partner of a partnership
applicant or any stockholder of a corporate applicant holding ten percent
(10%) or more stock interest in said corporation is not of good moral character.
(5)
The application for a roller-skating rink license fails
to comply with other requirements of this chapter.
(6)
There is material falsification in the application for
the license.
C.
After approval of the application for a license by the
Council, the Licensing Division shall issue the license.
A.
Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter may be revoked by the Council for:
(1)
Any disorderly or immoral conduct permitted by the licensee
upon the licensed premises.
(2)
Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or
of other applicable ordinances of the city.
(3)
Violation of any applicable state law.
(4)
Material falsification in applying for the license.
(5)
Any reason which would have been cause for the denial
of the license in the first instance.
B.
No license shall be revoked unless the licensee shall
be served with a copy of the written charges and be given the opportunity
of being heard thereon upon five (5) days' notice of the hearing.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.),
by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days or by a period of
community service for not more than ninety (90) days, or any combination thereof.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which
a violation occurs or continues.
