[Adopted by Ord. No. 212 (§ 4-13 of the 1987 Code)]
No outdoor carnival or other traveling show
shall be carried on or conducted in the Borough unless a license therefor
shall be first had and obtained as hereinafter provided.
All licenses for outdoor carnivals or other
traveling shows shall be issued by the Borough Clerk in the name of
the Borough but only when the Borough Clerk shall have been first
authorized to issue such license by a resolution adopted by the Borough
Council.
Every application for a license for an outdoor
carnival or other traveling show shall be presented to the Borough
Council at a regular meeting, shall then be referred to the Police
Committee for investigation and report and shall not be finally passed
until a subsequent regular meeting. Such application shall be upon
a form to be supplied the applicant by the Borough Clerk and shall
contain the name or names and post office address or addresses of
the applicant by the Borough Clerk, a description of the location
whereon the outdoor carnival or other traveling show is to be carried
on or conducted; a detailed description of the various amusement devices
intended to be conducted or operated during the period for which the
license is sought and any license issued upon such application shall
be only for the amusement devices so described in the application;
the period of time for which such license is sought; shall be signed
by the applicant by the Borough Clerk and shall be verified under
oath.
Upon a resolution being adopted by the Borough
Council as aforesaid, a license shall be issued as aforesaid upon
the applicant first paying to the Borough Clerk for the use of this
Borough a license fee of $200 for each day or part of day during which
the outdoor carnival or other traveling show is to be conducted and
upon the applicant entering into bond with, as surety thereon, a bonding
company authorized to do business within this state under the laws
of this state, in the sum of $10,000 conditioned for the payment of
the sum to the Borough if the licensee, his agents, servants, or sublessee
shall operate the outdoor carnival or other traveling shows in an
unsafe, disorderly or unlawful manner or in violation of any ordinance
of the Borough now or hereinafter adopted, or if the licensee, his
agents, servants or sublessees, shall violate any law in the operation
thereof of if the licensee, his agents, servants or sublessees, shall
conduct or operate any amusement device not specified in the application
aforesaid.
[Added 2-7-1989 by Ord. No. 1179]
Applicant shall furnish proof of general liability
insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 and shall provide bond or other
surety rates to the Clerk for the cleanup and restoration of the property.
Each person conducting or operating any outdoor carnival or other traveling show without first obtaining a license as herein provided and each person aiding or assisting in the conducting or operating any outdoor carnival or other traveling show for which a license has not been obtained as herein provided, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine as set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty.
