[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Mount
Holly 7-7-1980 as Sec. 5-4 of Ch. V of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, conduct, operate,
maintain, manage, control or take part in any moving-picture show or entertainment,
vaudeville or other act commonly known as "theatrical or stage performance,"
within the corporate limits of the Township without having first applied for
and obtained a license or permit for such purpose.
This chapter is intended to particularly exclude any such moving-picture
show or entertainment, vaudeville or other act commonly known as "theatrical
or stage performance" when given wholly for any benevolent, beneficial, religious
or educational purposes for which no entrance or admission fee is charged
or collected.
A.Â
Each applicant for a permit shall provide the Township
Clerk the full, exact and true information of the applicant's name, residence
and business address; the name and address of the company or organization
for which he is acting and the owners thereof; the location of the structure
to be licensed; and a diagram of the structure indicating the access, egress
and aisles, and maximum occupancy.
B.Â
Upon receipt of the above information, the Clerk shall
thereupon refer such application, together with the information so obtained,
to the Township Council for consideration, and if the Township Council shall
deem it advisable and proper that the license shall be issued to the applicant,
the Council shall direct the Township Clerk to collect and receive from the
applicant the sum of $250 and shall, upon receipt of the same, issue to the
applicant a license or permit to conduct the business applied for within the
corporate limits of the Township for a term expired December 31 thereafter,
subject to all other existent rules and regulations, laws and ordinances of
the State of New Jersey or of the Township with which the applicant, upon
acceptance of the license, agrees to comply.
The Township Council shall have the power to revoke any license when
the licensee is found guilty of a crime or violation of a municipal ordinance
or regulation which reflects adversely on the operation or manner or conduct
of a theater or when the licensee shall violate any of the provisions of this
chapter or when the Township Council shall have good cause for revoking the
license considering the nature of the business of operating a theater and
the need to protect the morals, safety, health and general welfare of the
inhabitants of the Township. If the Township Council shall have reason to
believe that there are grounds upon which to revoke any license, they shall
immediately suspend the license and shall cause a notice to be served, in
writing, upon the licensee or other person in charge of the licensed place,
citing him to appear before the Township Council at such time and place as
they designate, to show cause why the license should not be revoked, such
notice to be served at least five days prior to the date set for the hearing,
and the licensee shall be afforded a hearing before the Township Council prior
to the final revocation of his license.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
The owner and/or operator shall not allow loitering in or about his
premises nor shall he allow the amplification of sound so as to disturb adjacent
property owners or the public.
[Added 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
Any person in violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than
90 days, or both.
