[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Fox Chapel 2-18-1991 by Ord. No.
518 (Ch. 13, Part 4, of the 1978 Code of Ordinances).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:
The Chief of Police of the Borough of Fox Chapel.
Theatrical programs or exhibitions, amusements, dances, displays,
open houses or house tours, or any other entertainment, display or
amusement, provided that for an event to be an exhibition a fee (including
a voluntary or involuntary donation request) must be charged or requested.
Such number of persons as is reasonably determined by the
Chief of Police to require the services of police in addition to those
normally on duty in order to protect the crowd or the public, to control
vehicle or pedestrian traffic, or otherwise to preserve the public
health, safety or welfare. A crowd in excess of 50 persons may be
considered a large crowd if it is to be assembled in a facility not
normally utilized to accommodate that number of persons without additional
police protection.
Members of the Borough of Fox Chapel Police Department and
any reputable private security company or service which is duly licensed
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is reasonably satisfactory
to the Chief of Police.
The presence of uniformed or nonuniformed police officers at
exhibitions attracting large crowds is deemed a necessary protection
to the public. The Chief of Police shall have full authority to require
the person or organization conducting such event to employ such number
of uniformed or nonuniformed police officers as may be reasonably
designated by him. Factors to be considered in reaching said determination
shall include the number of persons and automobiles anticipated at
such event and the time, location and the expected duration of such
event.
A.
Permits required. No person shall conduct or participate in any parade,
procession, assemblage or meeting occupying, marching or assembling
upon any street in the Borough, to the interference, interruption
or exclusion of persons in their legal right to the use thereof, without
a permit being issued therefor by the Borough Council. Written application
for a permit shall be made to the Borough not less than two weeks
in advance of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Borough Council.
The application shall state the character and object, time (including
duration), place and route of such event along with the names of the
persons in charge or responsible for control. The application shall
state the number of persons and motor vehicles expected as well as
where parking will take place. If a large crowd is expected, the application
shall also specify the method for police protection, and provide proof
that arrangements for such police protection have been finalized.
Council may also require such other information as it may reasonably
request under the circumstances, including budgets, financial statements,
insurance or bonds. Such information shall be mandatory, unless waived
by Council for good cause shown, where either:
B.
Issuance and control. The Chief of Police shall have exclusive power
to designate by permit the time and place for commencing and ending
such event along with the route of march, places of assembly or dispersal
and public property to be utilized. The persons in charge or responsible
for control of such event shall be responsible for the violation of
any provisions or limitations designated in the permit.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or firms to
conduct, be engaged in or concerned in the business of exhibitions
within the limits of the Borough of Fox Chapel without first having
taken out a permit as hereinafter provided in this chapter. Any person
or persons, firm or firms who may desire to operate or conduct exhibitions
shall file application in writing with the Borough Manager and pay
the required fee as is designated from time to time by Borough Council;
upon the approval of the application by the Borough Council or by
such person appointed by the Borough Council, Borough Manager shall
issue a permit permitting the exhibition.
Where an application is made for the conducting of an exhibition
temporary or seasonal in its nature, and the said permit is granted
by the Borough Manager, the said granting shall not be construed in
any way to change the zoning classification of the property involved,
which shall still remain and be of the same classification as it was
prior to the issuing of the permit.
To the extent of the impact on the health, safety and welfare
of the Borough, its citizens or its streets, Borough Council shall
have the right to prohibit entirely or regulate by resolution the
character and kind of exhibition that shall be permitted in the Borough
or any part thereof, the time of opening and closing of the exhibition,
and shall in all respects have complete control of the said operation,
and shall prohibit the same if it deems such exhibition to be unnecessary
or detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
the Borough.
Permits may be issued for a definite or indefinite period of
time. Any permit may be revoked by the Borough Manager at any time
upon failure of the permittee to follow this chapter or the regulations
set forth by the Borough Council.
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 Allegheny 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 Allegheny County.
