[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Irwin 12-27-1956 by Ord. No. 19-1956 (Ch. 13, Part 2, of the 1993 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-13-1981 by Ord. No. 700; 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 791]
Any individual, firm or corporation desiring to operate or to continue the operation of a billiard parlor, pool room, bowling alley, or any place of business where pinball machines, jukeboxes or any other instruments playing recorded music, including coin-operated radios or televisions, are maintained within the Borough limits shall make application to the Manager, particularly specifying the nature and character of the business or installation and location of the same. The Mayor shall thereupon initiate and direct an investigation, and, if Council should deem it to be proper to be carried on at the location proposed, the Manager shall issue a license for the operation or continued operation of the said business or installation upon the payment of a license fee as provided for in § 84-2 of this chapter.
[Amended 10-13-1981 by Ord. No. 700; 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 791]
Certain fees, in amounts as established from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, shall be paid before a license shall be issued for the types of business and/or installations recited in § 84-1 of this chapter.
All billiard parlors, pool rooms, bowling alleys and places
of business where pinball machines or jukeboxes or any other instruments
playing recorded music, excepting radios or televisions, are maintained
that are so licensed shall be subject to inspection by the proper
Borough officers from time to time, and when same shall become noxious
or offensive so as to become a common nuisance, the license shall
be revoked following notice to licensee and a hearing before Council.
The license fees hereby collected under the provisions of this
chapter shall be paid to the Manager for the use and benefit of the
Borough.
[Amended 7-7-1993 by Ord. No. 791]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$600 and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a
violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
The license fees imposed under the provisions of this chapter
are imposed for the period of one year commencing January 1 of each
calendar year and terminating December 31 of each calendar year (or
fraction thereof).
This chapter has been enacted under the authority of the Act
of December 31, 1965, P.L. 1257, as amended, 53 P.S. § 6901.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 52 P.S. § 6924.101.
[Added 12-13-1988 by Ord. No. 700]
The Borough of Irwin Police are the specifically designated
Borough officers charged with the responsibility to periodically inspect
for proper compliance for licenses required for amusement places and
devices covered by this chapter.
[Added 10-13-1988 by Ord. No. 700]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated in this section:
Any and all mechanical and/or electrically operated devices
used for amusement or entertainment purposes, into which a United
States coin or a slug or token or similar object has been placed for
the purpose of operating said device, such as, but not limited to,
video games, coin-operated televisions, coin-operated radios and fortune-telling
machines.
