[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Spring
Valley 12-7-1970 as Ch. 10, Art. I, of the 1970 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees — See Ch. 118.
Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the Village Clerk shall sign
and issue all licenses required by the Village.
Any license issued by the Village shall not take effect until all fees
required in connection with the granting of such license have been paid.
A license shall issue only to such person as shall be deemed a fit and
proper person to conduct the trade, occupation or business for which such
license is required.
Any applicant who shall have been refused a license by the Village Clerk
may apply to the Board of Trustees therefor at a meeting thereof, and the
same may be granted or refused by the Board.
Unless otherwise provided in this Code, every license issued under the
provisions of this Code shall specify the object and length of time for which
such license is granted and when it shall expire, and it may also contain
a restriction as to the time when or the place where the rights thereunder
may be exercised.
Unless provided elsewhere in this Code, all licenses shall expire on
the 31st day of December of each year, except such licenses as may be granted
only for a period of one or more days.
The Mayor may suspend any license granted by the Village Clerk until
the next meeting of the Board of Trustees. The action of the Mayor in suspending
a license must be reviewed at such meeting, and said Board may revoke said
license or continue it in force and effect. In the event that the Board votes
to revoke such license, it must hold a public hearing thereon, of which the
licensee shall receive five days' notice, which notice shall specify the reasons
which caused the Board to revoke the license, and said licensee shall be afforded
a reasonable opportunity to defend such license and may be represented by
counsel of his own selection. Upon said license being suspended by the Mayor,
the licensee shall be required to immediately surrender said license to the
police, who shall retain the same until final action of the Board.
The Village Clerk shall keep a record of all licenses issued, including
the number and date of the license, the time and purpose for which such license
is granted and the amount of fee paid therefor.
A.
License required. No person shall conduct auctions within
the Village or engage in the occupation of auctioneering, either for a fee
or gratuitously, without obtaining a license from the Village Clerk.
A.
License required. No person shall conduct the business
of an employment agency within the Village without obtaining a license therefor
from the Village Clerk.
B.
License fee. The fee for a license required pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be as set forth in Chapter 118, Fees.
[Amended 4-11-1995 by L.L.
No. 1-1995]
C.
Police notification. Anyone receiving a license under
this section should notify the Police Department, in writing, of the names
and addresses of all agents, officers or employees operating in the Village.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 10-11, which immediately followed this
section and dealt with fortunetelling licenses, was repealed 6-18-1973.
A.
License required. It shall be unlawful for any person
to engage in the business of buying or selling of material, which business
is herein designated "junk business," and which person is herein designated
"junk dealer," unless such junk dealer shall have complied with the provisions
of this section and obtained a license so to do from the Village Clerk.
A.
Permit required. No person acting as principal or agent
shall conduct a transient retail business within the Village for the sale
of goods which shall be represented or advertised as a bankrupt stock or as
assigned stock or as goods damaged by fire, water or otherwise or by any such
licensed representative or device, without first obtaining a permit therefor
from the Village Clerk.
B.
Permit fee. The fee for a permit required pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be as set forth in Chapter 118, Fees.
[Amended 4-11-1995 by L.L.
No. 1-1995]
C.
Duration of permit; renewal. No person shall be issued
a permit under this section for a shorter period than one month, and such
permit shall be renewed monthly during the continuance of such business.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Secs. 10-15, Live or mechanically reproduced
music, 10-16, Expiration and termination of license, and 10-17, Applications
and fee, all added 12-1-1975 by L.L. No. 8-1975, as amended, which immediately
followed this section, were repealed 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995.
[Added 6-26-1990 by L.L.
No. 11-1990]
A.
No owner of any retail establishment located within the
Village of Spring Valley shall offer any merchandise for sale outside said
establishment without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Board of
Trustees.
[Amended 4-12-2005 by L.L. No. 6-2005]
B.
No permit shall be issued where such storage, display
or sale creates any hazard or inconvenience to persons or vehicles lawfully
or properly using said premises or sidewalk adjacent to said premises.
C.
The owner, after the granting of said permit and as a
part of the application for said permit, shall submit a certificate of insurance
or letter from an insurance carrier evidencing such insurance coverage as
the Board of Trustees may request and, in addition, shall submit an indemnification
agreement holding the Village of Spring Valley, its officers, agents and/or
employees harmless from any lawsuit or claim arising from the granting of
said permit or from the operation of the sale of merchandise outside its premises,
including any expense for legal counsel and disbursements so incurred in the
defense of any lawsuit or claim.
D.
A permit, once granted, shall be valid for the specific
period so designated by the Board of Trustees for such sale. Additional applications
within the same calendar year must be approved by the Board of Trustees, but
no additional fee shall be charged.
[Amended 4-12-2005 by L.L. No. 6-2005]
[Added 4-11-1995 by L.L.
No. 1-1995]
Violations of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
$5,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both.
