[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Maidencreek 2-6-1969 by Ord. No. 48. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Garage sales — See Ch. 122.
A.Â
ITINERANT VENDOR
PEDDLER
PEDDLING
PERSON
SOLICITING
SOLICITOR
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any attempt to offer or offering for sale any items at a
temporary location or seasonal items not permitted at a permanent
location. Examples include, but are not limited to, the sale of flowers,
fireworks, plants, Christmas trees, pumpkins, and other seasonal-type
sales.
[Added 3-12-2015 by Ord. No. 237]
Any person who shall engage in peddling, as hereinbelow defined.
Engaging in peddling, canvassing, soliciting, or taking of
orders either by sample or otherwise for any goods, wares, or merchandise,
or for work of any nature to be performed, either by sample or otherwise,
upon any of the streets or sidewalks or from house to house within
the Township of Maidencreek, including itinerant vendors, as defined
above; provided, however, the word "peddling" shall not apply to:
[Amended 3-12-2015 by Ord. No. 237]
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm, or corporation.
Engaging in soliciting funds or contributions for any organization,
cause or purpose whatsoever, upon any of the streets or sidewalks
or from house to house within the Township of Maidencreek; provided,
the word "soliciting" shall not apply to the soliciting of funds or
contributions by or on behalf of any organization or contributions
which have been determined to be deductible for Federal Income Tax
purposes, if satisfactory evidence that contributions to such organization
have been determined to be deductible for income tax purposes is furnished
to the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Maidencreek
prior to such soliciting.
Any person who shall engage in soliciting, as hereinabove
defined.
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In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural,
and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Amended 3-12-2015 by Ord. No. 237]
No person shall engage in peddling, soliciting, or itinerant
sales, or assist an individual engaged in peddling, soliciting, or
itinerant sales in the Township of Maidencreek without first having
taken out a permit as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 3-12-2015 by Ord. No. 237]
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In order to protect the public against fraud and imposition, every
person desiring to engage in peddling, soliciting, or itinerant sales
in the Township of Maidencreek shall first submit a completed application
for soliciting permit to the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Maidencreek. Upon such application, such person
shall give his name, address, the name of the person for whom he works,
if any; the type of goods, wares, merchandise or work he wishes to
peddle, or the nature and activities of the organization, cause, or
purpose for which he is soliciting, as the case may be; the length
of time for which he desires a permit; identification of the vehicle
he uses, the number of assistants he has, and his criminal history,
if any. Where a person makes application for himself and one or more
assistants, all applicable personal information specified above shall
be given for each assistant, and an individual permit shall be required
for each assistant. No permit issued under this chapter shall be transferable
from one person to another.
[Amended 3-12-2015 by Ord. No. 237]
Upon making application therefor, as herein specified, and subject
to the approval of the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of the
Township of Maidencreek, a permit shall be issued to any peddler,
solicitor, or itinerant vendor. Such permit shall contain the information
required to be given upon the application therefor. Every peddler,
solicitor, and itinerant vendor shall, at all times when engaged in
peddling in the Township of Maidencreek, carry such permit upon his
person and shall exhibit such permit upon request to all police officers,
Township officials, and citizens. No peddler, solicitor, or itinerant
vendor shall engage in any activity not specifically authorized herein.
[Amended 3-11-2010 by Ord. No. 223]
Any person required by the provisions of this
chapter to procure the permit herein required shall pay for the same
such sum as shall be set from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Supervisors. Such fee shall be paid to the Secretary of the Board
of Supervisors of the Township of Maidencreek for the use of the Township
of Maidencreek, whereupon the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Maidencreek shall issue a permit to the person
applying for the same.
[Amended 3-12-2015 by Ord. No. 237]
Except for duly permitted itinerant vendors, no person to whom
a permit has been issued under this chapter shall occupy any fixed
location upon any of the streets or sidewalks of the Township of Maidencreek,
for the purpose of peddling or soliciting, with or without any stand
or counter.
The Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of
the Township of Maidencreek shall keep a record of all permits issued
under this chapter. The Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of the
Township of Maidencreek, or any member of the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Maidencreek, or any policeman of the Township of
Maidencreek, shall have the power to supervise the activities of all
holders of such permits.
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of
the Township of Maidencreek, or any policeman of the Township of Maidencreek,
is hereby authorized to suspend any permit issued under this chapter
when he deems such suspension to be beneficial to the public health,
safety or morals, or for violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter, or for giving false information upon any application for
a permit hereunder.
[Added 3-12-2015 by Ord. No. 237[1]]
[Added 3-12-2015 by Ord. No. 237]
All persons seeking a permit for peddling/soliciting/itinerant
sales, as specified herein, must submit a certificate of insurance,
in the amount of $500,000, with Maidencreek Township as the named
insured, to the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Maidencreek along with a completed application.