Written application for the use of Borough buildings
and grounds shall be made to the Borough Manager on a form approved
by Council. The application shall contain the name, address and telephone
number of the applicant, the specific Borough building and/or grounds
or parts thereof the applicant desires to use, the date and time the
applicant desires to use the Borough's buildings and grounds, the
number of people expected to use the Borough's buildings and grounds
at the requested time, the name and address of the individual to whom
all communications should be sent and the purpose for which the applicant
desires to use the Borough's buildings and grounds. The application
shall be signed by the responsible officer of the applying organization.
Upon signing the application, the applicant agrees to be bound by
the provisions of this chapter and any other rules and regulations
governing the use of the Borough's buildings and grounds which Council
may adopt from time to time. Council reserves the right to designate
which Borough buildings and grounds or parts thereof are available
for use.
All applications are subject to prior approval
of Council, and Council further reserves the right at any time to
cancel any application, approval of which may have been given.
The organization requesting the use of the Borough's
buildings and grounds acknowledges and verifies by the signing of
the application that it does not discriminate against any individual
because of his or her race, color, religious creed, ancestry, sex,
age, national origin, handicap or disability.
Requests for use of the Borough's buildings
and grounds shall be denied where the application is not fully and
properly completed and signed or where it is determined that the organization
has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation
pertaining to the use of buildings and grounds which may be adopted
by Council from time to time.
The applicant for the use of any portion of
the Borough's buildings and grounds agrees to indemnify and forever
save harmless the Borough for all loss, liability, costs, expenses,
claims, damages and demands of every kind or nature whatsoever, both
at law and in equity, including personal injury, death and property
damage, and such applicant agrees, upon demand of the Borough, to
pay for, or to reimburse the Borough for, any expense of any kind
arising from damage to Borough property caused by the applicant or
by any person or persons attending any function conducted on Borough
property by the applicant pursuant to the application.
Any applicant having the use of any part or
parts of the Borough's buildings and grounds shall be required to
furnish police at the applicant's own expense if, in the judgment
of Council, such protection is desirable. The police selected by the
applicant shall be subject to the approval of the Chief of Police
of the Borough.
The possession or use of intoxicating beverages
or liquor anywhere in or on the premises of any Borough property is
prohibited unless approval to possess or use intoxicating beverages
or liquor is granted by Council.
No food or beverages are to be sold or distributed
unless approval therefor is granted by Council.
Disorderly conduct of any kind is prohibited
and is punishable by ejection from the building and/or grounds.
The Borough's buildings and grounds must be
vacated at the time designated by Council when the application is
approved.
Council reserves the right to request the applicant
to furnish and to receive from the applicant a certificate of public
liability or other insurance in such amounts as may be deemed advisable
by Council prior to the time of use by the applicant of the Borough's
buildings and grounds.
Whoever violates or fails to comply with any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100
nor more than $1,000 for each offense. A separate offense shall be
deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance
occurs or continues.