[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Clearfield 3-19-1970 by Ord. No.
994. (Ch. 5 of the 1966 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
In accordance with provisions of the Act of the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, No. 511, approved June 25, 1947,
there is hereby levied and assessed for general revenue purposes,
in accordance with said Act, a tax upon the privilege of operating
within the Borough of Clearfield mechanical devices for the playing
of games and amusements, music boxes and jukeboxes operated or played
through the insertion therein by a coin token, pinball machines, pool
tables for which a fee is charged for the playing thereon, roller
skating rinks, bowling alleys and motion-picture theaters, as follows.
[Amended 5-6-1977 by Ord.
No. 1074]
The fee for the operation of mechanical devices for the playing
of games and amusements, music boxes and jukeboxes operated or played
through the insertion therein by a coin or token, pinball machines,
pool tables for which a fee is charged for the playing thereon, roller
skating rinks, bowling alleys and motion-picture theaters within the
Borough of Clearfield, for each device so installed and used in any
one place at any one time during any portion of the license year,
shall be at the following rates:
The owner or operator of any such device shall secure a license
or permit for such operation within the Borough by making application
to the Borough Secretary, and the operation of any such device without
such license (which shall be posted in the place of such business
in a conspicuous part thereof) is hereby declared to be illegal. There
shall be no license fee charged, but the annual tax hereby levied
shall be paid at the time such license or permit is issued. Such license,
if granted, may be issued by the Secretary for a full year, or a portion
thereof, upon payment of the full annual tax or a proportionate part
thereof, for a lesser period of operation.
The operation of any mechanical devices for the playing of games
and amusements, music boxes and jukeboxes operated or played through
the insertion therein of a coin or token, pinball machines, pool tables
for which a fee is charged for the playing thereon, roller skating
rinks, bowling alleys and motion-picture theaters within the Borough,
without first securing such license or permit and paying to the Borough
Secretary the tax levied, shall be considered a public nuisance and
shall be abated by the Borough as provided by law.
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this
chapter or failing to secure the license or permit herein provided
for shall, upon conviction before a Magisterial District Judge, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for
each and every offense, and the amount of tax due, and, in default
of payment of such tax, may be sentenced and committed to the Borough
lockup or Clearfield County Jail for a period not exceeding 30 days,
but nothing herein contained shall prevent the collection of the tax
as levied in this chapter by proceedings applicable to the collection
of other like taxes.
All ordinances or parts of ordinance conflicting herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed.
This chapter shall become effective 30 days from the date of
its passage.
