[Ord. No. 29, 2/13/1979, § 1]
"License" and "permit" herein used shall be defined as the right
or privilege incident to the conduct of the business or business activity,
which right or privilege is granted by the Supervisors of the Township
of Sugarloaf as distinguished from such right or privilege as the
said business or business activity might have secured from any other
governmental agency, either federal or state.
[Ord. No. 29, 2/13/1979, § 2]
1. The Township Secretary, or his designee, is hereby directed and authorized:
A. To direct the issuance of licenses and permits following the receipt
of applications therefor and subject to the application of such procedure
as may be prescribed by various ordinances of the Township of Sugarloaf.
B. To make demand for the payment of license or permit fees and to require
payment thereof unto the Township of Sugarloaf, and to require from
the applicant for license or permit evidence of the payment of the
license or permit fees paid.
C. To maintain records containing the names and addresses of all applicants,
the character of license or permit for which application is made,
date upon which such application is made, date upon which such application
is granted, date upon which license or permit fees are paid.
D. To make report of all matters incident thereto at least once each
month unto the Supervisors of Sugarloaf Township.
[Ord. No. 29, 2/13/1979, § 3]
Upon the grant of license or permit to an applicant, the Secretary
shall issue applicant a certificate of license in such a manner as
shall be determined and provided by the Supervisors of Sugarloaf Township.
Such certificate of license or permit sign shall be issued in duplicate;
the original thereof shall be maintained upon the premises of the
property, place or person, made subject of the license or permit,
and shall be open to public view and subject to inspection by the
proper officers of the Township of Sugarloaf.
[Ord. No. 29, 2/13/1979, § 4; as amended by Ord. No.
2/8/1994B, § 1; and by A.O.]
All persons, firms or corporations engaged in any of the various
areas of business hereinafter enumerated shall, on or before March
1 of each year, following adoption of this Part, make application
for the license permit by applying, in writing, to the Secretary on
forms provided for such purpose and shall, as a required incident
in connection with the filing of said application, make payment of
the license or permit fee as herein prescribed unto the Township,
and shall present evidence of such payment to the Secretary, who will
make note of such payment upon the application. License or permit
fees herein enumerated shall become due and payable commencing January
1 of each year (except in 1979 when they shall be due on the effective
date hereof), and shall be paid no later than March 1 of each year
following the adoption of this Part, and shall be paid on an annual
basis each year thereafter; provided, however, that if any application
shall be filed after March 1 of any year, then the payment of the
license or permit fee shall be paid with the application. There shall
be no reduction in fee for a portion of a year. The license or permit
fee shall be as follows: For each year or portion thereof, there shall
be paid a license or permit fee by every owner or operator engaging
in the business of or maintaining a place of business or conducting
a business in an amount as established from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. No. 29, 2/13/1979; as added by Ord. No. 51, 12/9/1986, § 1]
1. All entities engaged in building construction, plumbing and electrical work, in any other improvement to real estate and in the construction and repairs of sidewalks, curbs and gutters, in addition to paying the license or permit fee referred to in §
13-304, above, shall provide to the Secretary of the Township proof in the form of a certificate of liability insurance that said entity is insured for general liability purposes in the following amounts:
A. Five hundred thousand dollars combined single limit each occurrence/aggregate.
B. Five hundred thousand dollars each occurrence bodily injury.
C. Five hundred thousand dollars aggregate bodily injury.
D. One hundred thousand dollars property damage each occurrence.
E. One hundred thousand dollars property damage aggregate.
[Ord. No. 29, 2/13/1979, § 5]
1. It shall be the duty and obligation of all owners and operators of
businesses or business activities made the subject of this Part to
make application unto the Secretary and to pay the license and permit
fees as provided within the time herein provided for such payment,
without the necessity or requirement of any form of notice, other
than the passage and existence of this Part, and allegation of no
notice or knowledge of this Part shall not be accepted as a defense
in the prosecution for any violation of this Part.
2. Any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by the operation of the
terms or conditions of this Part shall have the right to present an
appeal, in writing, to the Supervisors not less than two weeks prior
to the date upon which such aggrieved person is to be heard by the
Supervisors. The Supervisors shall have power to review and alter
and amend or otherwise change any decision of the Secretary in granting
or refusal to grant any license or permit.
[Ord. No. 29, 2/13/1979, § 6; as amended by Ord. No.
56, 3/14/1989, § 1;
by Ord. No. 2/8/1994B, § 2;
and by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs,
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.