No person, association, partnership, firm or
corporation shall, either directly or indirectly, sell goods, wares,
merchandise, magazines, periodicals, books or other personal property
by canvassing or soliciting, or solicit or canvass for contribution,
in the Borough of Milton, without first having registered with the
Police Department and obtained an identification card from the Borough.
Promptly upon receiving any application for
a permit to canvass or solicit within the Borough of Milton, the Chief
of Police or his designee shall cause such application and applicant
to be thoroughly investigated by the Police Department of the Borough
of Milton. In the event that such investigation should indicate that
the granting of such permit would or might be injurious to the public
interest, or to the public health, safety or morals, the Chief of
Police or his designee shall have, and is hereby given, the power
and authority to refuse to issue such license or permit. In any instance
where the Chief of Police or his designee should deem it necessary
or advisable to secure and check the fingerprints of any such applicant,
refusal of such applicant to voluntarily furnish such fingerprints
shall constitute, in and of itself, sufficient and valid ground for
refusal to issue such license. The Chief of Police or his designee
will issue to the applicant an identification card (to which one of
the applicant's photographs will be affixed) within 10 days from the
date of filing of the application.
Every person to whom an identification card
has been issued shall, in the conduct of his activity, comply with
the following standards of conduct:
A. He shall carry his identification card at all times
and exhibit it upon request to any police officer, ordinance officer
of the Borough of Milton or to any other person whom he shall call
or with whom he shall talk.
B. He shall not permit any person to have possession
of his identification card and shall immediately report its loss to
the Borough Police Department. He shall not cause or permit his identification
card to be altered or defaced in any way.
C. He shall not enter or attempt to enter any dwelling
without the invitation or permission of the occupant and shall immediately
leave any premises upon request of the occupant.
D. He shall engage in canvassing and soliciting between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00
a.m. and 12:00 Noon on Saturdays, legal holidays being excepted therefrom.
Such activities at any other time are hereby expressly declared unlawful.
E. He shall not be guilty of any false pretense or misrepresentation
and particularly, he shall not represent his identification to be
an endorsement of himself or his goods or services or of the goods
or services of his employer.
F. He shall immediately surrender his identification
card to the Borough of Milton Chief of Police or his designee upon
revocation thereof.
Any identification card may be revoked by the Chief of Police or his designee if the holder fails to comply with the standards of conduct contained in §
177-5 hereof, or any of them, or ascertainment by the Chief of Police or his designee that the holder has made a false statement in his application.
Every person engaged in canvassing and soliciting
in the Borough of Milton and not exempted from the requirements of
this chapter, shall pay a registration fee as follows:
B. Twenty-five dollars for one week;
C. Fifty dollars for one month or fraction thereof;
D. Five dollars annually for each motor vehicle registered
to be used in canvassing and soliciting.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before
any District Magistrate, be fined a sum of not more than $100 and
costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of same, shall be
sentenced to imprisonment in the Northumberland County Jail for a
period of not more than 30 days or until such fine and cost shall
be paid. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.