[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.
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.
