[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.
[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
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COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT MACHINE LICENSE
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No. _______________
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License is hereby granted to _______________,
operator, whose address is _______________ Street, for the use of
_____ machines for the year 20 _____ as follows:
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Machines $ ________________________.
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This license is granted in conformance with
Ordinance No. _____ in every respect.
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_______________
Borough Secretary/Treasurer
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[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.
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.