Township of Upper Moreland, PA
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2023-12-04
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 234 Peace and Good Order
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Article II Aggressive Panhandling
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 15 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 16 Human Relations
- Ch 18 Fire Department
- Ch 23 Historical Commission
- Ch 37 Manager, Township
- Ch 40 Mutual Aid
- Ch 43 Officers and Employees
- Ch 45 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 50 Planning Advisory Agency
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 57 Adult Uses
- Ch 60 Alarm Systems
- Ch 63 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 65 Amusement Devices
- Ch 70 Animals
- Ch 75 Auctions and Public Sales
- Ch 80 Bicycles, Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 88 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 95 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Circuses, Carnivals and Fairs
- Ch 108 Code Enforcement
- Ch 115 Construction Standards
- Ch 119 Contractors
- Ch 125 Dust Control
- Ch 133 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 140 Fees, Rates and Permits
- Ch 148 Firearms
- Ch 149 Fireworks
- Ch 153 Fire Prevention
- Ch 156 Floodplain Management
- Ch 160 Food and Drink Establishments
- Ch 165 Fumigation
- Ch 170 Gas Stations
- Ch 175 Grading
- Ch 177 Graffiti
- Ch 179 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 180 Health and Safety
- Ch 184 Insurance
- Ch 190 Junkyards
- Ch 203 Littering
- Ch 210 Massage Establishments
- Ch 211 Pawnbrokers and Dealers in Precious Metals, Antiques and Secondhand Goods
- Ch 217 Newspapers, Advertising Circulars and Other Publications
- Ch 223 Nuisances
- Ch 231 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 234 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 234 Art II Aggressive Panhandling
- § 234-4 Prohibited conduct.
- § 234-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 236 Peddling, Soliciting and Canvassing
- Ch 240 Portable Storage Units, Construction and Demolition Dumpsters, and Construction Trailers
- Ch 243 Property Maintenance
- Ch 256 Sewers and Sewerage
- Ch 258 Shade Trees
- Ch 263 Signs
- Ch 268 Site Plans
- Ch 274 Smoking
- Ch 279 Solid Waste
- Ch 285 Storm Sewers
- Ch 287 Stormwater Management
- Ch 290 Streets and Sidewalks, Use and Maintenance of
- Ch 295 Street, Sidewalk and Driveway Specifications
- Ch 300 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 304 Swimming Pools
- Ch 310 Taxation
- Ch 316 Traffic Control Signals
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 330 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 338 Wells
- Ch 350 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A360 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A370 Notice of Violation
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-10-2008 by Ord. No. 1569 (Title 7, Ch. 6, Art.
4, of the 1977 Code)]
It shall be unlawful to solicit money for any purpose on the
public sidewalk in an aggressive manner or accompanied by conduct,
including but not limited to repeated begging, insistent panhandling,
retaliatory comments, blockage of free passage of a pedestrian, touching
or yelling at a pedestrian, confrontation or intimidation, which is
likely to cause a reasonable person to fear bodily harm to oneself
or another or damage to or loss of property.
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 1689]
A.
Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this article shall be issued a Township notice of violation by the Upper Moreland Police Department, imposing a fine based on the quantity of notices of violation the person has been issued for the particular violation, in accordance with the amounts set forth in Chapter A370. Should the offender fail to pay the fine or challenge the notice of violation within five days of the date of issuance, the Police Department will rescind it and file a non-traffic citation with the Township Magisterial District Judge.
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No.
1698]
B.
Upon summary conviction before a Magisterial District Judge, the
offender shall be sentenced to pay a fine of no less than $100 nor
more than $1,000 plus costs of prosecution and the Township's
actual attorneys' fees.
