[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Sharon
Hill 12-28-1972 by Ord. No. 1019 (Ch. 87 of the 1972 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
PEDDLER
PEDDLING
PERSON
Terms defined. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A person engaged in peddling.
Engaging in selling, canvassing, taking of orders, by sample
or otherwise, the solicitation of goods, foods, wares, merchandise,
including animal, bird, reptile, insect, fish or other species, contributions,
gifts or pledges of money, services or any other thing of value, by
visitation to private premises without the prior direct invitation
of the residents thereof or on the public highways or streets.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343]
A natural person, association, partnership, firm, corporation
or any group of persons formed for a temporary purpose.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343]
B.
Word usage. The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine
shall include the feminine and neuter.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343]
No person shall engage in peddling or use the public ways thereof
without first having received from the Sharon Hill Police Department
a peddling license, to be displayed by the peddler and produced on
request by any police officer or any resident, owner, tenant or landlord
of any premises visited by a peddler.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343]
A.
Every peddler shall apply to the Sharon Hill Police Department for
a peddling license, and the Police Department shall issue the same
upon payment of a licensing fee as set from time to time by resolution
of the Borough Council.
[Amended 5-24-2012 by Ord. No. 1359]
B.
The application for a peddling license shall disclose the following:
the person's name, address, telephone number and description;
the name, address and telephone number of the person's employer;
a description of the goods or services to be peddled; the duration
and time(s) for the peddling of such goods; whether the person has
any state or federal criminal record and, if so, the identification
of all prior convictions and the date(s) thereof; the make, model,
color, state of registration and license plate number of any vehicles
to be used and/or employed in the peddling; and, if required by the
Chief of Police, fingerprints and copies of a full-face photograph
of the peddler. Upon the expiration of the identity card peddling
license, the same may be extended or reissued as often as may be necessary.
C.
Peddling licenses issued under this chapter are not transferable
or assignable to any other person, and any attempted transfer or assignment
of the same shall render the license invalid.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343]
The following persons at the time of application for a peddler's
license shall supply to the Sharon Hill Police Department copies of
all valid licenses, permits or certifications which may be required
by county, state or federal law:
A.
Persons selling goods, wares or merchandise donated by the owners
thereof, the proceeds of which are to be applied to any charitable
or philanthropic purpose.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343]
Every person issued a peddling license shall carry and display
the same on his or her person or in the front windshield of any vehicle
being used and/or employed in peddling at all times while peddling
and shall produce and display the same upon the request of any police
officer or citizen of the Borough.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343; 5-24-2012 by Ord. No. 1359]
A lost license may be reissued for the balance of the period
of the lost license upon the payment of a fee as set from time to
time by the Borough Council. Upon its expiration or earlier termination,
a peddling license shall be returned to the Sharon Hill Police Department
and be canceled and destroyed by the Police Department. Any license
defaced or altered shall be invalid thereupon and shall not be reissued.
For the purpose hereof, a stolen, misappropriated, transferred or
assigned peddling license shall be deemed to be defaced or altered.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343]
It shall be unlawful for a licensed peddler:
A.
To enter any residence or place of business uninvited or to remain
thereabout after being requested to leave by a police officer or by
an owner, landlord, resident or tenant thereof.
B.
To fail to possess a peddling license and/or to exhibit the same
upon demand.
C.
To represent or imply that the peddling license is an endorsement
by the Borough of the peddler or of the goods or services being peddled.
D.
To peddle on any legal holiday (or any day observed as such) at any
time.
E.
To peddle on any day other than a legal holiday before 9:00 a.m.
or after sunset.
F.
To peddle goods or services other than those licensed.
G.
To peddle by hawking, crying or displaying goods or services upon
any public ways or to use any device to advertise his presence or
his goods or services.
[Amended 2-25-2010 by Ord. No. 1343]
The Sharon Hill Police Department Borough Secretary shall maintain
a register of the peddling licenses issued hereunder and keep the
same available for inspection by the public at any time.
Any license may be suspended or revoked by the Chief of Police
for any violation of this chapter, including any false statement on
a license application, and shall not be reinstated except by the Borough
Council at any regular or special meeting.
[Amended 7-14-1988 by Ord. No. 1180]
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter before any Magisterial District Judge shall
be sentenced to pay a maximum fine as provided from time to time by
state statute, together with costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days, or both.
