§ 156-39.1. Tents.

The erection or maintenance of any tent is prohibited, except in accordance with the following:

A. 

In a residential zone, a tent or other temporary structure may be erected on residential property for private use by the property owner for weddings and the like for a period not to exceed 72 hours by obtaining a temporary permit from the Building Inspector. There shall be a limit of two temporary permits per property per year. The Building Inspector, when issuing such temporary permit, shall charge and collect a fee therefore. Such fee shall be established annually by the Town Board and shall be on file in the office of the Town Clerk.

B. 

Tents in the C Commercial and C/BP Commercial/Business Park Zones shall be erected or maintained upon the obtaining of a temporary permit from the Building Inspector. The temporary permit shall be issued provided that all of the following conditions are met:

[Amended 3-20-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]

(1) 

The erection and construction of the tent meets all the applicable requirements of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the tent is certified as meeting the California Flame Retardant Fire Safety Standards for Fabrics and/or the National Fire Protection Association Flame Resistant Fire Safety Standards for Textiles.

(2) 

The location and size of the tent use shall be of such character that, in the determination of the Building Inspector, it will be in harmony with the existing development of the district in which it is proposed to be situated and will not be detrimental or obnoxious to adjacent properties in accordance with the zoning classification of such properties, as set forth in the Zoning Chapter of the Town of Carmel.

(3) 

The location and size of the tent, the nature and intensity of operations involved in or conducted in connection therewith, its site layout and its relation to access streets shall be such that, in the determination of the Building Inspector, both pedestrian and vehicular traffic to and from the use and the assembly of persons in connection therewith will not be hazardous or inconvenient to persons using or passing by the premises or conflict with the normal traffic of the surrounding area.

(4) 

A tent may be maintained or erected for a period of time not exceeding 10 days from the date of erection specified in the temporary permit. Temporary permits are limited to no more than four permits per year and only one temporary permit may be issued in a thirty-day period.

(5) 

The Building Inspector, when issuing such temporary permit, shall charge and collect a fee therefore. Such fee shall be established annually by the Town Board and shall be on file in the office of the Town Clerk.

(6) 

The Building Inspector, when issuing such temporary permit, shall collect a security deposit in the form of cash to insure the removal of said tent at the end of the temporary permit. The amount of said deposit shall be established annually by the Town Board and shall be on file in the office of the Town Clerk. The security deposit collected hereunder by the Building Inspector shall be forwarded to the appropriate person in the Town for deposit in the Town's Trust and Agency Funds. Upon the proper removal of the tent by the permit holder, in accordance with the temporary permit, the Town shall refund said security deposit. In the event the permit holder fails to remove the tent at the expiration of the temporary permit, then the Building Inspector is authorized to effect said removal and to charge the cost of said removal plus an administrative fee against the security deposit.

C. 

A tent covering not more than 100 square feet of ground area and used as a cemetery canopy or a house of worship canopy or used for recreational purposes shall be permitted and shall not be subject to this section.

Added 6-3-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992