[Ord. 511, 3/12/1990, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership,
association, or other entity to make available for public use, or
to authorize the public use, in West Norriton Township of any manual
or mechanical device, for the vending or dispensing of merchandise,
services or entertainment, the operation of which is initiated by
the insertion in such device of some extraneous object such as a coin,
slug, token, plate, disc, key or other instrumentality, without having
just procured from the designated Township official a license authorizing
the use of such manual or mechanical device. The license shall be
valid for the calendar year in which issued, and shall be conspicuously
displayed upon the premises.
[Ord. 511, 3/12/1990, § 1]
Any license issued shall be valid only for the calendar year
in which issued. The owner and/or operator of the business where such
manual and/or mechanical devices are located shall secure the proper
license from the Township no later than January 16 of each year, for
each device already located upon the premises on January first of
the year; and, within 15 days of the date each machine or additional
machine is installed upon the premises.
[Ord. 511, 3/12/1990, § 1]
The license fee for each vending and dispensing device so licensed,
shall be established by resolution by the Board of Commissioners.
1.
Where all profits of merchandise machines in business establishments
are designated to be given to legitimate charities, then and in that
event, upon proof of the same, the Board of Commissioners may grant
a waiver of the licensing fee for such machines.
[Ord. 511, 3/12/1990, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership,
association or other entity, to display upon the premises a license
which was issued for some other premises, a counterfeit license, or
any expired license. Violation of this section shall be considered
a separate and distinct offense from violation of any other subsection
hereof, and, accordingly, any penalty imposed therefore shall be in
addition to any penalty imposed by § 13-408 hereof.
[Ord. 511, 3/11/1990, § 1]
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership,
association, or other entity to make available for public use or to
authorize the public use, within West Norriton Township, of any manual
or mechanical device, as defined above, which is solely used for amusement,
entertainment or recreation, without first complying with the following:
A.
Placing of signs in visible area at or near such machines, which
set forth the body of the Township Ordinances relating to fire regulations,
loitering and curfew.
B.
Machines are not permitted to be used by school-aged children during
hours of the day and days of the week, when school is in session.
C.
When the premises upon which such devices are located is designated
as a place of amusement, pursuant to Section 15-7 of the revised general
ordinances of the Township, a responsible adult shall be employed,
by the owner or operator, whose sole function is to supervise and
maintain order upon the said premises.
[Ord. 511, 3/12/1990, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership,
or other entity, to offer for viewing, by means of any manual or mechanical
device, upon a commercial or otherwise publicly used premises, any
print, design, drawing, photograph, movie, figure, or any type of
image whatsoever, of an obscene nature. "Obscene" as used in this
section means that which, to the average person applying contemporary
community standards, has as its dominant theme, taken as a whole or
an appeal to the prurient interest.
[Ord. 511, 3/12/1990, § 1; as amended by Ord. 524,
12/31/1991]
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or
other entity who violates any of the provisions of this Part upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600;
and in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed
30 days.
