[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Manor Township 9-8-1970 by Ord. No.
3-70 (Ch. 13, Part 1, of the 1985 Code of Ordinances).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Following the effective date of this chapter, every person desiring
to engage in door-to-door soliciting or peddling in Manor Township,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, shall first make application to the
Manor Township Police Department for a license.
[Amended 3-7-1994 by Ord. No. 4-94]
Said application shall be made upon a form provided by the Manor
Township Police Department and shall contain the following information:
A.
Full name of the applicant and local address, if any.
B.
Permanent address of the applicant.
C.
Name of the applicant's employer or a statement that the applicant
is self-employed.
D.
The nature of the goods, wares, services or merchandise offered for
sale.
E.
A statement as to whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted
of any crime, and if the answer is in the affirmative, the nature
of the offense or offenses and the punishment or punishments imposed
therefor.
F.
The type of vehicle to be used, if any.
G.
Upon request of the Manor Township Police Department, the applicant
shall also submit to fingerprints and furnish a photograph.
H.
Before issuing a solicitor's or peddler's license, an investigation
shall be required to obtain sufficient proof that the applicant has
a good business and/or moral character and to confirm the accuracy
of representations made in each application. Any such investigation
will be concluded within 10 days from the date of application. If,
as a result of such investigation, the applicant's business and/or
moral character is found to be unsatisfactory, or any representation
is found to be false or misleading, the Chief of Police, or his duly
authorized agent, shall notify the applicant that such application
has been disapproved and that no license will be issued. Such notification
shall be in writing and shall be issued within three days after the
waiting period has expired.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all persons desiring
to engage in soliciting or peddling in Manor Township, including any
helpers or employees of any applicant, except as otherwise provided
in this chapter.
A.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 321-3 of this chapter, any charitable, religious or civic organization desiring to sell merchandise where the proceeds from such sales are to be applied to the charitable, religious, philanthropic or civic purposes of the organization, may obtain a single license for the organization only and each worker, helper, or employee need not be licensed.
B.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any insurance companies,
or their agents, or insurance brokers, authorized to transact business
under the insurance laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
C.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons selling
or delivering dairy products or bakery products on a route and on
a regular basis; provided, however, that the motor vehicles used in
such delivery shall have the name of the dairy or bakery or, where
there is no trade name, the owner of the dairy or bakery business
printed on the vehicle with letters not less than two inches in height,
nor shall the provisions of this chapter apply to persons selling
fresh fruit or vegetables.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply equally to residents
of Manor Township and to nonresidents of Manor Township.
The license required by this chapter shall be valid only during
the calendar year in which it was issued. Thereafter, any person desiring
to engage in soliciting or peddling within Manor Township shall again
be required to make application for a license pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter.
[Amended 2-19-1985 by Ord. No. 1-85]
The fee for the license required by this chapter shall be as
established by resolution.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
