Int. No. 455
By Council Members Vallone Jr., Barron, Brewer, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, James, Liu, Mealy, Nelson, Palma, Recchia Jr., Sanders Jr., Seabrook, Sears, Stewart, and Weprin
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring certain cabarets and public dance halls to hire security guards proportional to their patron capacity.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 20 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-360.2 to read as follows:
§20-360.2. Required number of security guards. a. It shall be a violation of this subchapter for any person to conduct, maintain or operate a public dance
hall or cabaret without maintaining a proportion of one security guard, as defined by subdivision six of section eighty nine-f of the general business law, per every 75 patrons.
b. The requirements set forth under this section shall not apply to an establishment that functions primarily as a restaurant during all hours of operation, as determined by rule of the commissioner.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment; provided that the relevant city agencies shall take all necessary steps, including but not limited to the promulgation of rules, to ensure the prompt implementation of this local law upon its effective date.
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10/5/06