[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Baden 10-21-1998
by Ord. No. 846.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Hawking and peddling — See Ch. 108.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided for the repeal of former
Ch. 156, Soliciting and Canvassing, adopted 7-19-1989 by Ord. No. 782 and
amended in its entirety 8-18-1993 by Ord. No. 812.
The following definitions are provided for construction and use for
this chapter:
To go from house to house, place to place or street to street, soliciting
or taking, or attempting to take, orders from individuals for goods, wares
or merchandise, including magazines, books, periodicals or personal property
of any nature for future delivery, or for services to be performed at that
time or in the future, regardless of whether such person collects in advance
payments for such orders.
To go from house to house, place to place or street to street and
distribute or cause to be distributed verbal or written information, whether
in the form of a handbill, advertisement, circular, card, pamphlet or printed
material of any kind, other than a regularly distributed newspaper, magazine
or periodical.
To go from house to house, place to place or street to street, conveying
or transporting goods, wares or merchandise, offering or exposing the same
for sale or making sales, delivering articles to purchasers.
To seek or request money, donations of money or property or financial
assistance of any kind, or to sell or distribute, or attempt to sell or distribute,
literature, tokens or merchandise for which a fee is charged or requested
from persons other than members of such organization, upon the streets, in
office buildings, by house-to-house canvass or in public places, for charitable,
religious, political or philanthropic purposes.
Residents of Baden Borough may, at their individual option, display
upon their front door or upon another conspicuous and open space a notice,
sign or sticker which declares "No Soliciting."
It shall be a violation of this chapter, as well as a violation of the
Pennsylvania Crimes Code, for any person, firm or corporation to enter upon
the premises of a Baden Borough resident who displays a "No Soliciting" notice,
sign or sticker and attempt to engage in activity herein defined as canvassing,
distributing, peddling or soliciting.
Any person, firm or corporation found to have violated the provisions
of the within chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished
by imposition of a fine of $300 or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days,
or both.
