1. A person seeking issuance of a permit to consume or possess alcoholic beverages at a group function shall file an application with the Mayor on forms provided by him. An application for a permit shall be filed with the Mayor not less than 3 days nor more than 30 days before the date on which the proposed activity is to take place. Where good cause is shown, the Mayor shall have the authority to consider any application which is filed less than 3 days before the date such activity is proposed to be conducted.
2. The Mayor shall act upon the application for a permit within 2 days after the filing thereof. If the Mayor disapproves the application, he shall mail to the applicant a notice of his action, stating the reasons for his denial of the permit.
3. The Mayor shall issue a permit as provided for hereunder when from a consideration of the application and from such other information as may otherwise be obtained that:
A. The conduct of the activity proposed will not substantially interrupt the safe and orderly activity of the park and playground in question or the safe and orderly movement of traffic, pedestrian and vehicular.
B. The conduct of the activity will not require the diversion of so great a number of police officers to properly police the activity so as to prevent normal police protection of the Borough.
C. The concentration of persons at the activity will not unduly interfere with proper utilization of the parks and playgrounds or with proper fire and police protection of the parks and playgrounds and areas contiguous to said areas.
D. The conduct of the activity is not reasonably likely to cause injury of persons or property, to provoke disorderly conduct or create a disturbance.
E. The conduct of the activity is not reasonably likely to cause littering or a health hazard to the citizens of the Borough.
F. The permittee shall agree to be responsible for the orderly restoration of the park and playground in question within 24 hours of the expiration of the permit.
4. No permit shall be granted under this Part for any activity to convene before 9 a.m. or terminate after 10 p.m.
5. Any person aggrieved shall have the right to appeal the denial of a permit to the Borough Council. This appeal shall be taken within 48 hours after notice. The Borough Council shall act upon the appeal at its next regularly scheduled meeting, but, in any event, no later than 21 days from the time of the receipt of the appeal.
6. The Mayor shall have the authority to revoke a permit issued hereunder upon violation of the standards set forth in subsection .3 above. If the Mayor is absent from the Borough during the course of the permitted activity, the Chief of Police, or his designated officer, shall have the authority to revoke a permit issued hereunder upon violations of the standards set forth in subsection .3 above.
7. The activity chairman or other person heading or leading such activity shall carry the permit upon his person during the course of the activity.
8. A permittee here under shall comply with all permit directions and conditions and with all applicable laws and ordinances.
(Ord. 81-3, 6/2/1981, §2)