[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of North East 4-2-1923 by Ord. No. 186; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DANCE HALL
Any room, place or space in which a public dance, as defined herein, is held.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
PUBLIC DANCE
Any dance or ball to which admission may be had by payment of a fee or by purchase, possession or presentation of a token or ticket, or in connection with which a charge is made for the care of clothing or other property, or any dance to which the public generally may gain admission with or without the payment of a fee.
B. 
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
No person shall operate or conduct in the Borough any billiard room, poolroom, bowling alley, shooting gallery, dance hall or theater without first obtaining and holding a current license therefor from the Borough of North East. All such licenses shall be issued for a period of one year beginning and ending on January 1 of each year.
Every person desiring any license as required by the preceding section of this chapter shall make application to the Borough of North East therefor, at the same time paying the application fee set by the Borough Council pursuant to a resolution, and, upon issuance of such license, shall pay the appropriate license fee established also pursuant to resolution.
If any person shall begin to engage in any business or activity for which an annual license is hereby required, on or after the first day of January in any year, and shall promptly make application for such license, a fee equal to 1/2 of the yearly fee established pursuant to resolution for such class of license shall be charged.
Any business or activity licensed under this chapter shall be subject to inspection by the appropriate officials of the Borough.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County.