No businesses showing X-rated movies or live sex acts shall
be allowed to be conducted within the Borough of Lawnside.
Massage parlors shall not be allowed within the Borough of Lawnside.
No business dealing with indecent or obscene materials, acts
or paraphernalia shall be allowed to be conducted within the Borough
of Lawnside.
All magazines which feature nudity or which would normally be
considered X-rated must be kept out of reach and out of sight of minors
and may not be prominently displayed. Such magazines may be kept behind
the sales counter or in other locations where access to same is not
available to minors.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon final passage
and publication according to law.
Community impact statements must be filed with the Borough Clerk
by all businesses which are not family-oriented. No business license
shall be issued to any proposed business which is determined by the
Borough Administrator to be oriented towards serving or attracting
a special population of customers or patrons and not oriented toward
activities reasonably related to the health, education, safety and
welfare of the family, until said business has first prepared and
submitted to the Borough a community impact statement, as hereinafter
described.
Businesses which are not family-oriented and which may have
an adverse impact upon family commerce, recreation, education and
worship should be encouraged to locate in other communities where
the patronage would be more probable and profitable and where their
impact would be more acceptable. In order to identify such businesses
to determine whether or not they should be licensed and what special
requirements, if any, should be imposed, the Borough of Lawnside shall
require a study and review of the probable impact on the community
of any proposed business activity oriented towards serving or attracting
a special population of customers and not oriented toward activities
reasonably related to the health, education, safety and welfare of
the family.
Community impact statements shall contain the following elements:
A. A detailed description of the proposed business; names and addresses
of all owners and shareholders, officers and directors thereof; proposed
location; description of building and facilities; description of merchandise
or services to be sold or otherwise provided; proposed hours of operation;
profile of expected customers; projected market area; reference to
other similar business operations.
B. An analysis of the existing business community within a 300-foot
radius of the proposed location, including the following factors,
at a minimum:
(4) Economic growth/deterioration.
(6) Proximity of residential neighborhoods.
(7) Proximity of schools, churches and public facilities.
C. The impact of the proposed business upon the factors described in Subsection
B above.
D. The impact of proposed business upon the physical health, mental
health and social health, and social environment of the Lawnside Borough
community.
E. The names, addresses and signatures of a majority of the eligible registered voters of the Borough of Lawnside attesting to the fact that by evidence of their signature, those signing the community impact statement gave no objection to the type of business to be conducted under Subsection
A above.
F. Alternative locations for the proposed business and/or alternative
business for the proposed location.
All procedural elements of this chapter shall have retroactive
as well as prospective application to any and all businesses that
have not received a final and unconditional business license on the
date of enactment hereof. The substantive elements of this chapter
are deemed to be necessary for the immediate protection of the public
health, safety and general welfare and shall also apply to aid businesses.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $500 and
each day that the violation continues shall be a separate offense,
punishable by a separate fine.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this chapter shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by
a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
thereof shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any
other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
chapter.
This chapter shall take effect upon final passage and publication
according to law.