[Adopted 8-19-1996 by Ord. No. 1323 (Secs. 602.02 and 602.99a of the 1982 Code)]
No person shall operate an establishment commonly referred to as a "bottle club" in the Borough.
As used in this article, the term "bottle club" means an establishment operated for profit or pecuniary gain, which admits patrons upon the payment of a fee, has a capacity for the assemblage of 20 or more persons and in which alcoholic liquors, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages are not legally sold, but where alcoholic liquors, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages are either provided by the operator or agents or employees of the operator for consumption on the premises or are brought into or kept at the establishment by the patrons or other persons assembling there for use and consumption. The term shall not include a license under the Act of April 12, 1951 (P.L. 90, No. 21), known as the Liquor Code,[1] or any organization as set forth in Section 6 of the Act of December 19, 1990 (P.L. 1200, No. 202), known as the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 47 P.S. § 1-101 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 10 P.S. § 162.1 et seq.
Whoever violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.