4072-R2_ML&P_TownOfBuxton

Article

57.

Shall an ordinance entitled “Amendments to the Town of Buxton Ordinance

Relating to Victualers’” be enacted as follows?

Amend Ordinance “Relating to Victualers’” Licenses as follows (Additions are

bold

and underlined

, deletions are strikethrough):

No person shall be a common innkeeper or Victualer without a license, under penalty of

not more than a $50.00 fine. Any person wishing to engage in such business shall first

apply to the Board of Selectmen

by application, accompanied by a $50.00

application fee.

Treasurer and Clerk collectively designated as the licensing board for

a license as a common innkeeper or a victualers’ license.

Licenses approved by the

Board of Selectmen will be valid for one year. All licenses will expire on April 30

of each year

on or before the first Monday of May of each year and each license so

granted shall be valid for one year only upon a payment of a fee of $10.00. Posting of

bond prescribed by law and payment of the $1.00 fee required by law.

The licensing board

Board of Selectmen

shall have full authority to revoke or suspend

any license after notice and hearing in accordance with laws of Maine.

(Submitted by the Selectmen)

Article 58

Shall an ordinance entitled “SPECIAL AMUSEMENT ORDINANCE” be enacted

as follows?

SPECIAL AMUSEMENT ORDINANCE

Sec. 1. Purpose; definitions; severability.

(a)

The purpose of this Ordinance is to control the issuance of special permits for

music, dancing, or entertainment in facilities licensed by the State of Maine to sell

liquor to be consumed on the premises as required in 28-A M.R.S. § 1054.

(b)

The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Ordinance:

(i) "Entertainment" shall include any amusement, performance, exhibition or

diversion for patrons or customers of the licensed premises, whether provided by

professional entertainers or by full-time or part-time employees of the licensed

premises whose incidental duties include activities with an entertainment value.

(ii) "Licensee" shall include the holder of a liquor license issued under Title 28-

A of the Maine Revised Statutes, or any person, individual, partnership, firm,