[Adopted by Ord. No. 304 (§ 4-6 of the 1987 Code)]
The owner of every building, containing any auditorium, hall or place of assembling, with a floor space of more than 6,000 square feet, where any form of entertainment or amusement, any form of contests of skill or athletic events is habitually conducted for which an admission fee is charged, shall be required to pay an annual license fee of $50. Upon payment of the license fee, the Borough Clerk shall issue the license which shall expire one year from the date of its issue. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the owner of any building to pay an additional license fee hereunder for conducting a theater or exhibiting moving pictures, where the theater or moving picture exhibition is already licensed under other ordinances of this Borough.
The owner of any building as described in § 108-22 hereof who neglects to secure the license shall be guilty of a violation hereof and shall be subject to a penalty as established in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty.
There shall not be conducted, within the corporate limits of the Borough, any walkathon or dance marathon, by whatever name known, or any contest or exhibition of skill, strength, endurance, or other esthetic or athletic ability, either by walking, running, dancing or otherwise, whether upon foot, upon animals, upon machines or other mechanical devices or otherwise, wherein the participants or contestants are engaged therein more than eight hours each day, unless the person conducting the same shall first apply to obtain a license therefor.
All applications for such licenses under § 108-24 shall be made to the Borough Council upon forms approved by it and shall show:
A. 
The name of the applicant together with his post office address.
B. 
A brief description of the project sought to be licensed hereunder.
C. 
The location where the project is to be conducted hereunder.
D. 
A Power of Attorney authorizing the Borough Clerk to acknowledge service of process in any suit in any court against the licensee upon any debt incurred, contract entered into or tort committed by the licensee while conducting the project.
E. 
A statement by the duly authorized agent of any bonding company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey that the company will issue for the applicant the bond hereinafter set forth.
F. 
A statement showing when and where the applicant has previously conducted such or similar projects.
G. 
A consent that the license may be revoked, after notice and hearing, for violation by the applicant, his servants, employees, agents or exhibitors or contestants in the project, of any state statute or Borough ordinance. The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant. The Borough Council, after investigation, may grant a license under § 108-24 to the applicant who shall pay to the Borough Clerk, for the use of the Borough, a license fee of $200 for each week. The project licensed hereunder shall be continuously operated, provided no such license shall be issued until the applicant shall first deposit with the Borough Clerk a bond to the Borough in the sum of $2,500 signed by the applicant as principals and a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey, as surety, to secure the payment of the license fee required by this section. The Borough Council may, without notice, revoke any such license when the weekly license fee is not promptly paid in advance.
Any person violating the provisions of § 108-24 hereof shall be subject to a penalty as established by Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty.