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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
§ 339-102. Definitions.
As used in this Part, certain terms are defined as follows:
   AMUSEMENT DEVICE — Any coin-operated machine, instrument or device, that is played, operated or used for pastime, amusement or gaming, and includes, inter alia, pinball games, shuffle alleys, baseball games, basketball games, bowling games and shooting games.
   BUSINESS — Includes all occupations specifically mentioned in this Part. If any person as herein defined conducts any of such businesses at more than one location or from more than one vehicle, the business conducted at each location, or from each vehicle, shall be considered, for the purpose of assessment of license taxes, a separate and independent business. Buildings or other places of business, separated by a public street, shall be considered separate locations.
   CITY — The corporate entity known as the City of Reading or the geographical entity designated as the City of Reading, whichever the context of the particular use herein of such word shall imply.
   COIN-OPERATED RIDING DEVICE — Any coin-operated riding device operated by the insertion, use or payment of a coin, regardless of the particular name or designation by which such device may be known. [Amended 3-22-1961 by Ord. No. 4-1961]
   GAMING TABLE — Includes bowling alleys, billiard tables, pool tables, bagatelle tables and other gaming tables.
   JUKEBOX — Any music cabinet automatically operated by the deposit of a coin or token so that music may be rendered therefrom.
   PERSON — Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association, and any servant, agent, assistant, employee or representative thereof. Each individual in a crew shall be considered a taxable person.
   PLACE OF AMUSEMENT — Includes theaters, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, shows, circuses, menageries and all kinds of public exhibitions, for pay, except those for religious, educational or charitable purposes.
   VEHICLE — A conveyance in or on which persons or property may be carried, and shall include, inter alia, human-propelled, horse-drawn and motor-propelled conveyances, including motor vehicles, motor buses, taxicabs, omnibuses and street railway cars.