[Ord. 3-1994, 11/7/1994, § 1]
The intent and purpose of this article is to protect the public health, safety and welfare by the prohibition of certain amusements and entertainment in establishments licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board pursuant to the authority contained in the Pennsylvania Liquor Code, as reenacted 1987, June 29, P.L. 32, No. 14, 47 P.S. § 1-101 et seq., including any subsequent amendments thereto.
[Ord. 3-1994, 11/7/1994, § 2]
Amusement and entertainment, as defined herein, are prohibited
in all establishments located in Thornbury Township which have been
issued any retail liquor or retail dispenser license issued by the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board for any premises kept or operated
as a hotel, restaurant, club, retail dispenser or other establishment.
[Ord. 3-1994, 11/7/1994, § 3]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases
shall be construed throughout this article to have the meaning indicated
below:
Any reputable group of individuals associated together not
for profit for legitimate purposes of mutual benefit, entertainment,
fellowship or lawful convenience, having some primary interest and
activity to which the sale of alcoholic liquor or malt brewed beverages
shall be only secondary, including incorporated groups or societies
which regularly occupy, as owner or lessee, a clubhouse or quarters
for the use of its members.
Exhibition dancing, theatricals, floor shows and motion picture exhibitions requiring a special or amusement permit pursuant to the Pennsylvania Liquor Code, 47 P.S. § 1-101 et seq., and especially excluding any lewd, immoral or improper entertainment.
Any reputable place operated by responsible persons of good
reputation where the public may, for a consideration, obtain sleeping
accommodations and meals and which has at least six permanent bedrooms
for the use of guests, a public dining room or rooms operated in the
same establishment accommodating at least 20 persons at one time,
and a kitchen, apart from the public dining room or rooms, in which
food is regularly prepared for the public.
A reputable place operated by responsible persons of good
reputation and habitually and principally used for the purpose of
providing food for the public, the place to have an area within a
building of not less than 400 square feet, equipped with tables and
chairs accommodating at least 20 persons at one time.
Any person, partnership or incorporation licensed to engage
in the retail sale of malt or brewed alcoholic beverages for consumption
on the premises of such licensee, with the privilege of selling malt
or brewed alcoholic beverages in quantities not in excess of 192 fluid
ounces in a single sale to one person, to be carried from the premises
by the purchaser thereof.
[Ord. 3-1994, 11/7/1994, § 4; as amended by Ord.
7-1996, 8/7/1996, § XI(6); and by Ord. 2-2005, 7/6/2005]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a District Justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and cost, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues
or each section of this article which shall be found to have been
violated shall constitute a separate offense.
