No person shall operate or maintain a live show within the Borough of Homestead without first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued in compliance with the provisions of this Part and Chapter
13, Part
1, Licensing Standards.
Applications for licenses issued hereunder shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
13, Part
1, Licensing Standards, and shall state, in addition to the information required by §
13-103 of said chapter, the following:
1. The names, addresses
and number of employees and attendants.
2. The hours of
operation for said show.
3. Such other information
as the Borough shall find reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this Part and to arrive at a fair determination of whether the
applicant has complied with the terms of this Part.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see AO)]
Applications for licenses hereunder shall be accompanied by an application fee as set from time to time by the Borough Council and shall be in addition to the license fee provided in Chapter
13, Part
1, Licensing Standards.
Where the Chief of Police, in his investigation,
determines that police officers must be specifically detailed to the
event licensed hereunder, the owner or operator of a place of amusement
or producer of the event must pay for the police so detailed. The Chief of Police shall use the following factors to
determine the need for specifically detailed police:
1. The estimated
number of persons attending a live show.
2. The traffic situation
at the particular place of the live show.
3. Past experience
for similar types of live shows.
A licensee hereunder shall comply with the following
requirements and standards of operations:
1. The licensee
shall maintain quiet and good order upon the premises where live shows
are operated and loitering shall not be permitted in or about the
entrances to or exits from such premises.
2. The licensee
shall not conduct any show, exhibition or entertainment or remain
open to the public after 1:00 a.m. prevailing time on each and every
day of the week.
3. At all times
when a live show is open to the public, the licensee shall provide
an adequate number of qualified attendants on duty who shall patrol
the exits and entrances to see that order is maintained, that disorderly
or immoral conduct is prevented, that entrances and exits are kept
free from congestion and that this Part and all other governing ordinances,
rules and regulations pertaining to public buildings are observed.
In addition to the causes stated in §
13-113 of Chapter
13, Part
1, Licensing Standards, the Borough of Homestead shall have the authority to revoke or suspend a license issued hereunder when it is found that the licensee is operating so as to constitute a nuisance by reason of noise or immoral activity on the premises.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see AO)]
Any person who shall be convicted of violating
or failing to comply with the provisions of this Part before any Magisterial
District Judge shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000,
together with costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such
fine and costs said violator shall be subject to imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days. The continuation of
such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of a violation may be punished as provided above for each separate
offense.