[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Chester
Heights 4-5-1976 by Ord. No. 74. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Peace and good order — See Ch. 130.
From and after the passage of this chapter, no circuses or carnivals
shall be held and no transient retail business or house-to-house merchandising
of any kind, by peddlers, hawkers, transient merchants or others, shall be
carried on within the Borough except upon the payment of a license fee and
the granting of a permit therefor, as hereinafter provided.
No permit shall be issued for any activity mentioned in § 74-1 hereof, or for any of like character, where it shall reasonably appear that such activity would be a nuisance or detrimental to the health, morals or safety of the citizens of the Borough, or where the purpose for which the permit is sought may adversely affect the general welfare of the Borough's residents.
No permit shall be issued for any activity hereinbefore mentioned which
is to be carried on in whole or in part after 6:00 p.m., prevailing time on
any day, except by prior invitation of the property owner or tenants. Approved
circuses and carnivals may not be carried on after 12:00 midnight.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the obtaining
of a license by or for any of the following:
A.
Activity conducted by a civic association located within
the Borough, charitable or benevolent organization.
B.
Activity conducted by or under the supervision of the
school system serving the Borough.
C.
Activity exempt by law from payment of a license fee.
D.
Any farmer selling exclusively produce grown by him.
A minimum permit fee of $150 per day shall be charged for approved circuses
and carnivals. In addition thereto, the applicant shall deposit with the Borough
the sum of $300 to be returned at the conclusion of the circus or carnival
upon satisfying the Borough that the premises have been restored to the condition
existing prior to the circus or carnival. All other fees for permits hereunder
shall be $5 per person per calendar year or fractional part thereof.
All applications for permits hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be filed with the Borough Secretary, who is hereby authorized to issue the
permit in each instance if, after due investigation, he is satisfied as to
the proper and lawful purpose for which the permit is sought, and upon receiving
the prescribed license fee, and upon receiving the approval of a Councilman
of the Borough. The applicant shall supply his or her name, sex, age, address;
the business to be engaged in and the food, goods, wares, amusement services,
merchandise or other articles to be sold; the name and address of the firm
or company represented; the number of days the applicant proposes to carry
on said activity; the registration number of the applicant's motor vehicle;
and whether the applicant has been convicted of any crime and the details
of such crime. A recent photograph of the applicant shall be filed with said
application.
Every licensee shall carry his license with him at all times while engaged
in the activity permitted by the license issued under this chapter and shall
exhibit the same upon request. Every licensee shall display outwardly on his
or her person the permit number issued by the Borough.
The Borough Secretary is authorized to revoke any permit granted hereunder
when the activity covered thereby shall prove to be a nuisance or detrimental
to the public health, safety or morals of the citizens of the Borough, and
when a permit is thus revoked it shall be promptly returned to the Secretary.
Should any applicant for a permit hereunder deem himself aggrieved by
reason of the Secretary's refusal to issue such permit, or by the terms and
conditions under which the same is allowed, or by a revocation of such permit,
such applicant may appeal to the Borough Council by filing with the Secretary
a written notice of an intent to appeal; such notice to be filed within one
week following the action of the Secretary complained of.
Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any provision
of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than
$300 for each offense, and, in default of payment thereof, may be imprisoned
for a term not to exceed five days for each such offense. Each
day of violation shall be a separate offense.
