This chapter shall be known as and cited as the “Franklin Township
Public Gathering Ordinance.”
It shall be unlawful for any sponsor, owner of property, or person in
charge of property to initiate, organize, promote, permit, conduct, or cause
to be advertised a public gathering, unless a permit has been obtained pursuant
to this chapter. A separate permit shall be required for each public gathering
for the period of time designated by the permit.
No public gathering may be held within the boundaries of Franklin Township,
Adams County, Pennsylvania, unless the sponsor, the owner of the property,
and the person in charge of property upon which the gathering will be conducted,
jointly apply for and are granted a permit as herein provided.
A. No permit shall be granted for a public gathering of
more than 48 hours duration unless the application specifically requests,
and the permit specifically allows an extension of that period.
B. No applicant shall be under 21 years of age.
C. No permit may be transferred or assigned.
D. In case of dispute over the number of people reasonably
anticipated to attend the public gathering, the decision of the Board of Supervisors
of Franklin Township shall control, based on all facts available and brought
to its attention by whatever source.
This chapter shall in no way be a substitute for, nor eliminate the
necessity of, complying with any and all federal, state, county and Township
laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, which are now, or may be in the future,
in effect which pertain to the conduct of public gatherings.
Any person who initiates, organizes, promotes, permits, conducts or
causes to be advertised a public gathering without first obtaining the permit
provided in this chapter, or who knowingly conducts, permits or allows a public
gathering with a permit but in violation of the terms and provisions of this
chapter or of the permit granted, or who shall counsel, aid or abet such violation
or failure to comply, shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the
defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days.
Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this
chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.