[Adopted 10-20-1998 by Ord. No. 667.]
Pursuant to the authority granted in the Borough Code to prohibit nuisances; to promote the health, cleanliness, comfort
and safety of the citizens of Trafford Borough and the authority of political
subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; to enact local ordinances
to regulate, inter alia, the sale, distribution, display and exhibition of
and activities concerning obscene and other sexual material as provided for
in 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5903(k) and as upheld by the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Brown v. Pornography Commission
of Lower Southampton Township, 620 F.Supp 1199 (1985), the Borough of Trafford
enacts the following provisions.
Nothing in this article shall apply to any recognized historical society
or museum accorded charitable status by the federal government, any county,
city, borough, borough or town library, any public library, any library of
any school, college or university or any archive or library under the supervision
and control of the commonwealth or a political subdivision.
[Amended 5-10-2005 by Ord. No. 702]
A. Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate
or fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution, and, in default
of payment of such fine and/or costs of prosecution, shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days. Each day of operation after
failure to comply with said notice shall be a separate offense and subject
to the penalty herein set forth.
B. Enforcement of this article shall be the responsibility
of the Borough Secretary, Code Enforcement Officer, Police Chief or Fire Chief,
or any designated agent, who shall follow the enforcement procedure set forth
in this article.