[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Bell Acres as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-4-1960 by Ord. No. 1]
No person or persons, firm or corporation, either as principal or agent, lessor, lessee, owner or proprietor (hereinafter called "operator"), shall at any time operate or cause, permit or allow possession or have upon the premises of the operator within the Borough of Bell Acres any pinball machines, shooting galleries, etc., or any mechanical devices upon which baseball, football or other games are played or any machine which furnishes any other type of amusement, except music, which is operated by the insertion therein of a coin or any other metal disk, slug or token whatsoever without first having procured a license therefor from the Borough Secretary/Treasurer.
[Amended 7-13-1992 by Ord. No. 157]
No license shall issue until an annual fee thereof shall have been paid by the operator to the Borough Secretary/Treasurer in an amount as set forth in Ordinance No. 157, or amendments thereto, which ordinance is on file in the Borough offices.
Upon the payment of the license fee provided by this article, the Borough Secretary/Treasurer shall issue to the operator applying therefor a nontransferable license, licensing the operator to operate the number of machines therein specified in the therein specified place of business of the operator, provided that the operator shall not be required to secure a new license when one machine is replaced by another, so long as the operator is licensed to operate the total number of machines in his place of business.
The Borough Police shall make periodical inspections of machines so licensed.
A. 
Nothing in this article shall in any way be construed to authorize, license or permit any gambling devices whatsoever or any mechanism that has been judicially determined to be a gambling device or in any way contrary to law or that may be contrary to any future laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. 
The licenses granted under this article shall be exhibited in a prominent place upon the premises where the machines are operated, and the proprietor or operator shall not allow minors to play or operate these machines unless they are accompanied by one or both of their parents. The committing Justice may, after information made and hearing granted the licensee, of which said hearing the licensee shall have at least 48 hours' notice, suspend any license herein granted when he deems it to be of benefit to the public health, safety or morals, and, when so suspended, that portion of the unearned license fee shall be returned to the operator.
[Amended 9-14-1992 by Ord. No. 158]
Any operator violating any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of not more than $600 for each and every offense, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment thereof shall be committed to the Allegheny County Jail for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each and every day that any machine, under the terms of this article, shall be operated in violation of this article shall constitute a separate and distinct offense under this article and shall be subject to separate and distinct penalties thereunder.
[Amended 9-14-1992 by Ord. No. 158]
The license issued by the Borough Secretary/Treasurer to the operator shall be in the following form:
THE BOROUGH OF BELL ACRES
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT MACHINE LICENSE
No. _______________
License is hereby granted to _______________, operator, whose address is _______________ Street, for the use of _____ machines for the year 20 _____ as follows:
Machines $ ________________________.
This license is granted in conformance with Ordinance No. _____ in every respect.
_______________
Borough Secretary/Treasurer
[Adopted 6-14-1971 by Ord. No. 59]
Theatrical exhibitions, amusements and dances at which an admission or other fee is charged are hereby prohibited within the Borough of Bell Acres.
A. 
The Council hereby reserves the right to grant a permit to nonprofit or charitable organizations to stage or conduct a theatrical exhibition, amusement or dance at which an admission or other fee is charged. Said permit shall be granted only after application has been made for the same to the Borough Secretary/Treasurer.
B. 
The Council shall review the nature of the organization applying for a permit, the purpose for which the exhibition, amusement or dance is being staged or conducted, the location of the proposed event and the proposed hours during which said event is proposed to take place.
The issuance or nonissuance of a permit applied for under § 55-9 herein shall be completely discretionary with the Council, and, if it sees fit to issue a permit, said permit shall fix the time of opening and closing of the theatrical exhibition, amusement or dance in question.
[Amended 9-14-1992 by Ord. No. 158]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon summary conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $600 and costs of prosecution for each offense, and, in default of such payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.