[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Montgomery as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 166.
Zoning — See Ch. 230.
[Adopted 6-25-2001 by Ord. No. 01-142]
The Board of Supervisors of Montgomery Township enacts and ordains the following procedures in accordance with the requirements of Act 141 of the Liquor Code[1] relating to an application for intermunicipal transfers and economic development liquor licenses.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 47 P.S. § 1-101 et seq.
A. 
Any applicant seeking an intermunicipal transfer or economic development liquor license shall complete the Township's application form which shall be available from the Township.
B. 
The Township application may be amended from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Montgomery Township.
C. 
The Township's application shall contain, but is not limited to, a request for the following information:
(1) 
Applicant name; address; telephone number; FAX number; e-mail address.
(2) 
Applicant's representative or attorney name; address; telephone number; FAX number; e-mail address.
(3) 
Location and name of the establishment of the liquor license proposed to be transferred.
(4) 
Proposed location of the liquor license to be transferred including street address, parcel number and block and unit number.
(5) 
The name of the establishment sought to be licensed.
(6) 
Type of liquor license proposed to be transferred.
(7) 
Other locations owned or operated by the applicant which currently hold liquor licenses, including name, address and liquor license number of these establishments.
(8) 
Whether applicant or anyone associated with locations owned or operated by the applicant which currently hold liquor licenses have ever been cited with Liquor Law violations.
(9) 
Whether applicant has been convicted or found guilty of a felony within the past five years.
(10) 
Name, address and distance from proposed licensed premises of:
(a) 
Nearest licensed establishments.
(b) 
Nearest schools.
(c) 
Nearest public playgrounds.
(d) 
Nearest churches.
(e) 
Nearest charitable institutions.
(f) 
Nearest hospitals.
(11) 
List of existing liquor licenses in Montgomery Township which are inactive, in safekeeping and/or for sale, including name, address and telephone number of contact person for each.
(12) 
Certification by the applicant that the information contained in the application is true and correct; that the presentation of false information shall subject the applicant to possible arrest, fines, and imprisonment; and acknowledgment that submission of false information may constitute grounds for revocation of the liquor license.
The Township shall hold a public hearing in conformity with Act 141 and at the public hearing a court reporter shall be present to make a transcript of the hearing.
There shall be a fee accompanying the application to be set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Montgomery Township as it may pass it from time to time.
The Township shall have the right to post the property upon which the liquor license is sought but shall not be required to do so.
Violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $600 for each count or, in default of payment thereof, imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days, provided that each violation of any provision of this article shall constitute a separate count.