[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Kutztown 10-22-1985
as Ord. No. 9-1985. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Curfew — See Ch. 96.
A.
DANCE HALL
PERSON
PUBLIC DANCE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context:
Any room, place or space in which a public dance, as herein defined,
is held.
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm, corporation,
trust or other entity.[1]
Any dance or ball to which admission may be had by payment of a fee
or by the purchase, possession and presentation of a token or ticket or in
connection with which a charge is made for the care of clothing or other property;
provided, however, that the term "public dance" shall not include any dance
which is held in any room, place or space subject to regulation by the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board (or any successor entity or organization) pursuant to
authority granted to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board by the Liquor Code
of Pennsylvania, as may be amended from time to time,[2] or any dance, the proceeds of which, after the payment of reasonable
expenses, inure exclusively to the benefit of any charitable, religious, civic,
educational, fraternal or beneficial nonprofit organization.
B.
In this chapter the singular shall include the plural;
the plural shall include the singular; and the masculine shall include the
feminine and the neuter.
Every public dance shall be discontinued at, and the facility in which
such public dance is held shall be closed at, 2:00 a.m. prevailing time.
Any person who or which shall violate any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.) and/or to
undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days. Each day the
violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
