[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of North Coventry 5-10-1971 by Ord. No. 41. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch. 237.
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 254.
A. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT
Includes any outdoor theatrical, musical or dramatic performance, festival, or carnival, or any other outdoor exhibition, show, entertainment, or amusement of any nature or kind, for which an admission fee is charged or for which money or any other reward of any nature is in any manner demanded, expected or received. The term "outdoor amusement" shall not include any church, fire company, school affair, or playground affair or activity sanctioned by the North Coventry Parks and Recreation Commission and performed solely in a park or playground of North Coventry Township nor any performance or exhibition conducted solely for the benefit of a charitable organization as that term is defined under the Internal Revenue Code and only where such organization qualifies for an exemption concerning taxable activities under the Internal Revenue Code.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm, corporation or entity of any kind whatsoever.
B. 
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
A. 
No person either as principal or agent shall conduct, promote or hold any outdoor amusement in the Township of North Coventry unless the same shall have been licensed according to the provisions of this chapter. An application for the license required by this chapter must be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors at least 60 days before the date on which the outdoor amusement is proposed to be held. Such application shall be in writing and shall include:
(1) 
The name and business address of the person who proposes to conduct the outdoor amusement; and
(2) 
The type of outdoor amusement proposed; and
(3) 
The date or dates on which the proposed outdoor amusement is to be conducted; and
(4) 
The hours during which the proposed outdoor amusement is to be conducted on each date submitted as required by Subsection A(3) supra; and
(5) 
The site on which the proposed outdoor amusement is to be conducted; and
(6) 
The number of people per performance per day which the applicant estimates will attend the proposed outdoor amusement.
B. 
A separate application must be filed for each site and every application must be duly acknowledged and contain a statement that the facts set forth therein are true and correct under the penalties of perjury.
A. 
No license shall be issued under this chapter until:
(1) 
The application required by this chapter has been approved by the Board of Supervisors; and
(2) 
A certified copy of all state and county permits are filed with the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors in any instance in which state and county permits are required to conduct the proposed outdoor amusement; and
(3) 
The Board of Supervisors, or their agents, have inspected the premises where the proposed outdoor amusement is to be held to ascertain whether such premises are suitable for the purpose and free from unsanitary, dangerous and hazardous features; and
(4) 
The cash or property bond required by this chapter has been paid; and
(5) 
The evidence of public liability insurance required by this chapter has been filed with the Secretary of the Board; and
(6) 
The license fee required by this chapter has been paid; and
(7) 
A letter or other proof establishing compliance with the Chester County Health Department requirements concerning health, safety and food licensing requirements has been filed with the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors.
B. 
The Board may cause any other investigation or inspection to be made to secure the facts needed by it to determine if the application should be approved and the license granted. It may reject the application and refuse to grant the license if any unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous conditions exist, or if the location is deemed by it unsuitable because the conduct of the proposed outdoor amusement is likely to create unnecessary annoyance to the residents or inhabitants of the locality. In every case, the Board of Supervisors, approving the application and issuing a license, shall state in the license the type of outdoor amusement authorized and the time for which the license is to remain in effect.
Every person applying for a license for an outdoor amusement under this chapter shall deposit with the Township Secretary a cash bond or in lieu of same, post a property bond secured by property situate in Chester County, in the sum of $100,000 conditioned for the faithful observance of the provisions of this chapter and the saving harmless of the Township of North Coventry from any and all liabilities and causes of action which might arise by virtue of the granting of such license in said Township, and further conditioned that no damage will occur to streets, bridges and other public or private property in the Township, or adjacent thereto, as a result of the outdoor amusement and that the licensee will not permit any dirt, paper, litter or other debris from the outdoor amusement to remain thereon. Said bond shall also be a guarantee for treating with suitable dust layer those unpaved roads in the vicinity of the licensed premises designated by the Board of Supervisors. Before any program is commenced, the licensee shall treat the roads so designated, if any, by the Board of Supervisors with suitable dust layer approved by the Board. Such cash bond or property bond shall be returned upon certification by the Board of Supervisors that all conditions of this chapter have been complied with and that the aforesaid property and roads have been placed in a neat condition and all debris removed.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the Township Secretary that a public liability insurance policy in amounts of not less than $500,000 for one person and $1,000,000 for any one accident, will be in force and effect during the period which such outdoor amusement is to be conducted in the Township. Such policy shall be subject to the approval of the Township Solicitor.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Before a license shall issue to any person whose application under this chapter has been approved by the Board of Supervisors, that person shall pay to the Township Secretary a fee of $100.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Every applicant shall further furnish the Board with satisfactory proof evidencing that sufficient police have been hired and employed for protection of the public during the full time of said outdoor amusement on the site and in the vicinity of the site. In the alternative, each applicant shall post a cash bond, or in lieu of same, post a property bond secured by property situate in Chester County, in the additional sum of $50,000 conditioned for the payment of any police officers and traffic officers which the Township shall hire to protect the public health, welfare and safety during the time of said outdoor amusement. In such case, the determination of the Board of Supervisors shall be final and after the said outdoor amusement is conducted and held, the Board of Supervisors shall have the power and right to pay all bills and expenses incurred for the hiring of the additional police protection and traffic police.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the Township Secretary that full time medical services shall be available on the said site adequate to meet any and all emergency conditions arising during the said time that the said outdoor amusement is conducted, promoted or held.
A. 
When all of the requirements of this chapter have been met and the application has been approved by the Board, the Township Secretary shall issue a license hereunder to conduct the outdoor amusement. The license shall in every case state:
(1) 
The name and business address of the person authorized to conduct the outdoor amusement; and
(2) 
The type of outdoor amusement authorized; and
(3) 
The date or dates on which the proposed outdoor amusement is to be conducted; and
(4) 
The hours during which the outdoor amusement is to be conducted on each date or dates authorized by Subsection A(3) supra; and
(5) 
The site on which the outdoor amusement is to be conducted; and
(6) 
The hour and date on which the license shall expire.
B. 
A separate license must be issued for every site and a separate fee paid for each. A license shall not be assignable.
No holder of a license under this chapter shall make or permit to be made any unnecessary or unreasonable noise by loud speaker, amplifying device or any other means which would disturb the residents in the vicinity of the premises wherein such licensed outdoor amusement is held.
At no time shall any directional signs to the site named in the application for license hereunder be posted along any roads in the Township except those designated and allowed by the Board of Supervisors.
No person granted a license under this chapter shall permit upon the site named therein:
A. 
Any disorderly or immoral conduct; or
B. 
Any gambling; or
C. 
Any sale of obscene literature, pictures, film or other objects; or
D. 
Any indecent, immoral or lewd act or performance; or
E. 
Any possession, sale or use of intoxicants and/or drugs of any kind.
The Board of Supervisors shall forthwith revoke any license granted under this chapter if at any time dangerous, hazardous, and unsanitary conditions develop on the site designated in the license or if the licensee violates in any way any provision of this chapter, and no part of the license fee shall be refunded.
A. 
No person who has title of record and/or actual possession and control of any land in North Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, shall (1) permit any person to use such lands for the conduct of an outdoor amusement which has not been licensed as required by this chapter or (2) permit any person to enter upon such lands to conduct, promote, hold, prepare for, or attend an outdoor amusement thereon which has not been licensed as required by this chapter, nor shall any person enter upon any land in North Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of attending an outdoor amusement which has not been licensed as required by this chapter. Each entry in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense hereunder.
B. 
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this chapter. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).