[Adopted 11-19-1962 as Ch. 15 of the 1962 Code (Ch. 194, Art. I, of the 1987 Code)]
No person, except as provided in this article, shall canvass, solicit or distribute circulars or other matter from house to house within the Township without first having reported to and received a written permit from the Chief of Police or other officer in charge at police headquarters.
Any person desiring a permit under this article shall make application to the Chief of Police or other officer in charge at police headquarters, which application shall give the following information:
A. 
The name and address of the person seeking the permit.
B. 
If the applicant is an agent or employee, the name and address of the principal or employer and evidence of the agent's or employee's authority to act.
C. 
The purpose for which the permit is applied for and, in case it is for the solicitation of funds or goods, the details of the project or work, including the amount to be raised, the purpose thereof, the amount paid to the solicitor and the method of solicitation.
[Amended 2-2-1998]
The Chief of Police or other officer in charge at police headquarters shall have the power to grant a permit to canvass or solicit from house to house. The application for a permit may be held for 72 hours before determining whether or not the permit shall be issued. The application for a permit shall be denied in all cases where the application of the canvasser or solicitor on investigation shows that they are not of good character or that they are canvassing for a project not free from fraud. No person under the age of 13 shall be permitted to canvass or solicit from house to house pursuant to a valid permit issued hereunder unless accompanied by a person over the age of 21 years old.
A. 
A permit to canvass or solicit shall specify the number of hours the permit will be in effect, which hours shall be limited to 10:00 a.m. to dusk, but under no circumstances later than 7:00 p.m.
[Amended 2-22-2000 by Ord. No. 00-05]
B. 
The Chief of Police or officer in charge at police headquarters may revoke the permit for failure or refusal on the part of the permittee to observe the provisions of this article.
C. 
The making of any false statement in an application shall constitute a violation of this article and shall be grounds for revocation of the permit.
Any permit issued under the provisions of this article shall be exhibited to any resident of the Township on demand and shall be limited to the purpose of solicitation or canvassing therein set forth.
A record of all permits issued shall be kept by the Police Department.
On expiration of any permit issued under the provisions of this article, the holder thereof shall, within 24 hours, surrender the same to the officer in charge at police headquarters.
This article shall not affect any person engaged in the delivery of goods, wares or merchandise or other articles or things in the regular course of business to the premises of persons ordering or entitled to receive the same.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
For the purposes of this section, "unsolicited" shall mean the printed matter referred to herein which has not been ordered, subscribed to or requested by the recipient.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or deposit, or to cause the delivery or deposit, or for any person, firm or corporation to cause the delivery or deposit of any unsolicited printed material to or upon the premises of any private residence located within the Township except in accordance with the terms of the following subsections:
(1) 
Any unsolicited printed material shall be delivered to or deposited upon the premises of a private residence only within a permanently installed appurtenance to the premises which an owner or occupant of the private residence has designated for such material to be received and collected. If there is no such appurtenance at the premises, any unsolicited printed material may be deposited only upon either the ground or the floor, at a point beneath the place where the private residence regularly receives its mail or within a three-foot radius of that point.
(2) 
Exceptions.
(a) 
Excepted from Subsection B(1) shall be any unsolicited printed material which is delivered to or deposited upon the premises of any private residence which plainly bears either the name, mailing address and email address of a person responsible for the delivery or deposit of said material, or a telephone number which may be contacted to determine such name, regular mailing address and email address, which may be used by an owner or occupant of the private residence to effectively request by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by email with verified receipt capability, that such material cease to be delivered to or deposited upon the premises of that private residence.
(b) 
Where the private residence referred to in this subsection is an individual unit of any condominium or other such common property, the request by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by email with verified receipt capability shall be made by an owner or occupant of that individual unit.
(3) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally deliver or deposit any unsolicited printed material to or upon the premises of a private residence after such time as said person has received a request by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by email with verified receipt capability, made by an owner or occupant of that private residence, that such material cease to be delivered to or deposited upon the premises of that private residence.
(4) 
Nothing contained in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict any person from delivering unsolicited printed material directly to a person who is i) actually present on the premises of a private residence at the time of delivery and ii) who personally accepts said material at such time.
(5) 
Any owner or occupant of any private residence located within the Township shall have the right to enforce any violation of this subsection by filing a complaint in Municipal Court.