[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Worcester 7-21-2004 by Ord. No. 200. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following term shall have the meaning indicated:
Any temporary or movable structure, not permanently attached to the
foundation of a building, including but not limited to tents and carts.
No persons shall be permitted to offer or expose for display or sale
any goods, including but not limited to Easter and Mother's Day flowers, fireworks
and other seasonal or holiday related merchandise, in the open air or from
a nonpermanent structure, as defined by this chapter, unless authorized by
the Worcester Township Board of Supervisors in conjunction with a special
event sponsored or supported by the Township. This section shall not apply
to permitted outdoor displays of merchandise being sold immediately adjacent
to the principal structure by the owner or occupant of the principal structure.
Furthermore, this section shall not apply to permitted sales of Christmas
trees and related merchandise.
The Township may seize, take, remove or cause to be removed, at the
expense of the owner, all stocks of goods offered or exposed for display or
sale, used or held in violation of this chapter.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, to be collected by suit or summary proceeding brought in the name of Worcester Township before the District Justice having jurisdiction in accordance with the procedures authorized by Clause XLI of Section 702 of the Second Class Township Code, as amended by Act No. 88-20.[1] All fines and penalties collected for violation of the provisions
of this chapter shall be paid to the Township treasury.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 66601.
