It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firms or corporations,
amusement parks, fair associations, or any other organizations or
groups of individuals, to have or to hold public displays of fireworks,
as that term is defined in the Act of May 15, 1939, P.L. 134, as amended,
35 P.S. § 1271 et seq., within the limits of the Borough
of Dalton unless a permit therefor is first granted by the Borough
of Dalton as hereinafter provided.
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 undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days, provided
that each violation of any provision of this chapter and each day
the same is continued shall be deemed a separate offense.
This chapter is enacted by the Borough of Dalton under the authority
of the Act of Legislature, February 1, (1966) 1965, P.L. 1656, No.
581, § 1005, known as the Borough Code, as recodified and
amended (see now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1005), and any other applicable
law arising under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.