[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
New Bethlehem as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-9-1923; amended 8-19-1952 by Ord. No. 568; 12-12-1960 by Ord. No. 625 (Ch. XIV, Part 2, of the 1972 Code of Ordinances); amended
in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
All pool rooms, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, and gambling
establishments within the Borough of New Bethlehem shall be closed
and no games of pool or billiards shall be played nor shall any bowling
be done therein between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. all days,
Sunday through Saturday.
A.
Any keeper,
proprietor, owner, superintendent or person in charge of any pool
room, billiard room, bowling alley, or gambling establishment who
shall violate or permit a violation of this article 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 less than $100 nor 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 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 article 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 article in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County.
B.
Failure
to correct a violation or a repeated violation identified in a notice
shall not require an additional notice of violation applying to the
same person, property or premises within the same calendar year or
within 150 days of the first notice, whichever is longer.
