[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Ridley 3-19-1975 as Ch. 133 of the 1975 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person, firm or corporation shall erect, maintain, operate or use
any tent in the Township of Ridley for any commercial purposes involving the
sale, display for sale or the demonstration of the use of any real or personal
property.
No person, firm or corporation shall erect, maintain, operate or use
any tent for any noncommercial purpose in the Township of Ridley where such
tent exceeds an area of 120 square feet.
Any tent that is permitted under the provisions of § 285-2 of this chapter must comply with the following requirements:
A.
It shall withstand a wind pressure of 10 pounds per square
foot.
B.
It shall not be erected within 25 feet of any other structure,
building or other tent.
C.
All canvas, curtains, cloth, rope, netting and decorative
material must be flameproof and fireproof.
D.
It shall have a sitting or standing capacity for not
more than 20 persons.
E.
All artificial illumination shall be only by electricity,
with fixtures and wires sufficiently guarded to prevent ignition by radiation.
F.
It shall have a minimum of two exits, plainly marked,
and the immediate area outside the exits shall be adequately illuminated by
electricity at night.
G.
No hay, straw or other combustible material shall be
used within any tent.
H.
No person shall smoke or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette
or pipe in any tent, and signs prohibiting smoking shall be prominently displayed
at all entrances and other locations within the tent clearly visible to all
occupants.
I.
No motion-picture film shall be used, stored or exhibited
within any tent.
J.
No flammable liquids shall be received, stored or displayed
within 100 feet of an tent.
K.
Where applicable, the regulations of the Industrial Board
of the Department of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
must be complied with.
Any tent erected, maintained, operated or used contrary to the provisions
of this chapter is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and abatable as
such.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced
to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and in default
of payment of such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for a period not to
exceed 30 days. Each day such a violation is committed or permitted to continue
shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
