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.
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.
