[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Milton 1-15-1957 as Ch. X, Part 1, of the 1957 Code of Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 243.
A.
PERSON
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto, except in
those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation,
either as principal or as agent.
Any theatrical or dramatic performance, opera, concert, vaudeville
or motion-picture show or any other exhibition, show or amusement
whatever, of any nature or kind, for which an admission fee is charged
or for which money or any other nature of reward is in any other manner
demanded or received. The term "public entertainment" shall not include
any of the following:
Any lecture on current events or any scientific,
literary, historical, religious or educational subject.
Any exhibition of statuary, painting or handicraft
of any kind.
Any church or school affair or any performance
or exhibition conducted solely for any charitable or benevolent purpose.
Any circus or carnival.
Any entertainment conducted regularly from a
single location in the Borough, throughout the year or the major portion
thereof, as a business enterprise, it being the intent of this chapter
to provide a means of regulation, supervision and surveillance over
entertainments of casual or transient nature within the Borough.
B.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
No person shall hold any public entertainment,
circus or carnival in the Borough of Milton without first having obtained
a license therefor from the Borough Manager. Such license shall state
the type of public entertainment for which it is granted and the time
for which it is to continue in effect. No person, under any such license,
shall conduct any type of public entertainment other than the type
designated thereon, nor shall any person, under any such license,
conduct any public entertainment after the expiration or revocation
of such license.
Application for a license for a public entertainment
shall be made to the Borough Manager in advance of the first performance
or exhibition thereof, and upon issuance of such license, the following
fee, which shall be for the use of the Borough, shall be paid to the
Manager by the person to whom such license shall be issued:
A.
Application for a license for a circus or carnival
shall be made to the Borough Manager in advance of the first performance
thereof, and upon issuance of such license, the following fee, which
shall be for the use of the Borough, shall be paid to the Manager
by the person to whom such license shall be issued:
B.
The fee for such license may be waived or refunded
by the Borough Council when, in the judgment of the Council, the circus
or carnival for which such license is issued is held solely for a
charitable, philanthropic or public purpose.
C.
No parade upon any of the streets or alleys in the
Borough shall be conducted by the holder of any such license unless
specific authority for the same shall be granted and the time and
route of such parade specified by the Mayor or Chief of Police. No
additional fee shall be charged for a license granting permission
to hold a street parade, but the holder of such license shall conform
strictly to the requirements of the license as to the time and route
of such parade.
Any license granted under this chapter may be
revoked by the Mayor when, in his judgment, the public entertainment,
circus or carnival for which such license was granted shall be lewd,
indecent or immoral or where the public health, safety or morals shall
be endangered thereby.
[Amended 10-28-1998 by Ord. No. 1103]
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply
with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof before any District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment
thereof, to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days.