It shall be unlawful for any person, either
as owner, lessee, manager or agent, to operate and maintain a motion
picture theater or place of amusement in the borough unless a license
shall have first been obtained from the Mayor and Council for that
purpose for designated premises.
The license fee for each motion picture theater
shall be $35.
All licenses granted under the provisions of
this chapter shall be issued for the current year in which the application
is made, shall expire on December 31 of such year and shall be renewed
annually.
No license shall be granted or issued under
the provisions of this chapter unless the premises licensed shall
be constructed and maintained in such manner as to comply with the
rules and regulations of the Board of Fire Underwriters, the laws
of the state and the provisions of this Code and other ordinances
of the borough.
No license shall be granted or issued under
the provisions of this chapter for any premises:
A. Which is occupied as a tenement house, hotel, lodging
house or residence.
B. Where paints, varnishes, lacquers or other highly
inflammable materials are manufactured, stored or kept for sale.
C. Where rosin, turpentine, hemp, cotton or any other
explosives are stored or kept for sale.
D. Which is situated within 500 feet of the nearest wall
of a building occupied as a school, hospital, church, garage, theater,
motion-picture theater or other place of public amusement or assembly
or which is within 100 feet of any lot upon which is located any gasoline
supply or service station; provided, however, that this subsection
shall not apply to any motion picture theater in existence prior to
the adoption of this article; and provided, further, that renewal
of licenses may be granted where the motion picture theater in question
was in operation prior to the opening of such school, hospital, garage,
theater, motion picture theater or other place of public amusement
or assembly or of such gasoline supply or service station.
[Added 10-16-1978 by Ord. No. 78-26]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article 1.