It is hereby declared and found that dance halls, discotheques and other public places where dancing is the dominant form of entertainment or activity, as distinct from places where dancing is permitted only as incidental to the sale of food or beverages, tend to attract substantial crowds of minors for long periods of time at late hours of the night and that such places should be subject to supervision and regulation for the purpose of safeguarding the public health, safety, peace, morals and welfare of the people of the Village.
No person who owns, keeps, leases, manages or controls a public dance hall, discotheque or any other public place where dancing to music by orchestra, band, combo, soloist, phonographic equipment or other mechanically operated devices is the dominant or a principal form of entertainment or activity usually conducted therein shall:
A. 
Allow or permit any minors to be present in such place between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 8:00 a.m., prevailing time, on Sunday and during those hours on any other day of the week.
B. 
Allow or permit loitering or crowds to congregate on any public street or sidewalk or private property in close proximity to such place.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 35-13C, which dealt with noise and immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 5-18-1983 by L.L. No. 2-1983.
C. 
Allow or permit the place to be maintained in such a manner as prevents, interferes with or obstructs a clear view of at least 300 square inches, minimum width of 24 inches, into and of any portion of the interior of such premises as would ordinarily be visible from the sidewalk.
D. 
Allow or permit the place to be illuminated in such a fashion so that a person could not at least read nine-point print of the kind customarily used in newspapers, except that nothing herein contained shall, however, be construed as prohibiting temporary dimming of lights during a period of regular entertainment or other special occasions.
E. 
Allow or permit any of its entertainers or employees to dance with or fraternize with any of the customers or patrons of such place.
F. 
Allow or permit any female person to frequent or loiter in any such place where alcoholic beverages are sold with the purpose of soliciting males to purchase drinks.
G. 
Allow or permit within such place any entertainer, employee or any other person to show the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering or to show the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple.
H. 
Refuse to submit to fingerprinting, if requested by the Village licensing officer, or employ any person who refuses to submit to such fingerprinting, if so requested.
I. 
Refuse to permit the Village licensing officer or any person duly designated by him to inspect the place at any time to determine if there has been any violation of this article.
Violations of any part of this article may be deemed by the Village licensing officer as sufficient cause to determine such person unfit to own, keep, lease, manage or control such place or that the peace, order, morality and propriety of the Village has been disturbed or breached.
[Added 6-11-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992; amended 1-5-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
Any person who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-2 of the Code of the Village of Port Jefferson.