It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or manage either
as owner or lessee any theater or other place wherein motion pictures
are displayed or wherein motion-picture machines shall be installed,
maintained or operated without having obtained a license for such
purpose.
An application for a license to pursue such business shall be
filed with the Borough Clerk and shall show the name of the applicant,
post office address, the place or premises where such business is
to be conducted and such other information as the Council shall deem
necessary or proper.
The license required by this chapter shall be signed by the
Chief of Police and countersigned by the Borough Clerk. It shall be
displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises where the business
is conducted, and shall on its face disclose the name and address
of the licensee, the address of the licensed premises and the date
when the license shall expire.
The license required by this chapter shall be issued to and
in the name of the proprietor of the premises where the said business
is to be conducted, and shall be issued for one year from the first
day of January of the year of such issuance.
The license fee shall be $150, payable with the filing of the
application.
No motion-picture machine shall be installed, maintained or
operated in any building used for public exhibition that does not
abut upon a street. Exits and entrances shall open directly from the
exhibition hall onto a street or street and alley. The doors of all
exits and entrances shall open outward and all aisles shall lead directly
to exits. No aisle or passageway shall be less than three feet in
width at its beginning, and such aisle or passageway shall increase
in width towards the exits at a ratio of at least 1 1/2 inches
to five running feet. The booth enclosing the picture machine shall
rest upon a balcony. The motion-picture theater shall be provided
with fire escapes placed as and where directed by the Building Inspector;
provided, however, that where the entire seating capacity of such
theater shall be maintained on the ground floor of any building with
no balcony, no fire escape shall be required.
All aisles and passageways in said buildings shall be kept free
from obstructions, and no person other than an employee of the licenses
premises, a policeman or fireman shall stand in or occupy any of the
said aisles or passageways during any performance, exhibition or any
public assemblage.
[Amended 1-8-1975 by Ord.
No. 1338]
Any person being the owner or lessee who shall conduct or cause
to be conducted any motion-picture theater required to be licensed
under this chapter and who shall fail to obtain the license required
herein shall be liable, upon conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding
$500 or imprisonment for a term of 90 days, or both, for each day
of the operation of such motion-picture theater without a license.
A person other than a corporation violating any of the other provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a period
not exceeding 90 days, or both.