Each applicant under this chapter shall pay
a license fee in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors for the primary application and an additional
fee in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors for each person who shall actually conduct
the soliciting or peddling at the time of the filing of the application
or applications to the Township Manager.
The license granted pursuant to this chapter shall be valid for 30 days after the date of such license and, upon the expiration of any license, if the person holding the same shall desire to continue or renew soliciting or peddling, he shall be required to file a new application for a permit and pay a new license fee. Such licenses may be issued, in advance, for consecutive thirty-day periods not exceeding 12 in number, upon payment, in advance, of the applicable license fees as provided in §
220-4.
Such license, when issued, shall state inter
alia the products to be sold, services to be rendered or subscriptions
or contributions to be solicited by the licensee. Every solicitor
or peddler shall at all times, when engaged in soliciting or peddling
in the Township, carry such license upon his person and shall exhibit
it upon request to all police officers, Township officials and citizens.
No solicitor or peddler shall engage in selling any product or service
not mentioned on such license.
No solicitor or peddler under this chapter shall
engage in soliciting or peddling on Sundays nor on any other day of
the week before 9:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m., prevailing time.
No solicitor or peddler under this chapter shall
park any vehicle upon any of the streets, highways or alleys of the
Township in order to sort, rearrange or clean any of his goods, wares,
services or merchandise. No such person shall place or deposit any
refuse on any such streets, highways or alleys. No such person shall
maintain or keep a street or curbstone market by parking any vehicle
upon any street or alley in the Township for any longer than necessary
in order to sell therefrom to persons residing in the immediate vicinity.
[Amended 6-27-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-01]
A. A peddler
or solicitor shall not occupy any fixed location upon any of the sidewalks,
streets, highways or alleys of the Township, with or without any stand
or counter.
B. A peddler
or solicitor shall not occupy the cartway or berm of any street or
highway or any portion or part contained within the cartway (e.g.,
median strip, fixed barrier, lined area, etc.).
C. Solicitors
in costume and/or carrying or displaying signs for the purpose of
commercial advertising shall not occupy any sidewalk or right-of-way,
or any part thereof.
The Township Manager shall keep a record of
all licenses issued under this chapter.
Any license issued under this chapter may be
suspended or revoked at any time by the Township Manager upon proof
being furnished to him that the application for the license contained
false information or that the applicant or licensee was convicted
of a crime involving moral turpitude after the issuance of such license
and that the licensee was convicted of disorderly conduct under any
law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any ordinance of the Township.
No solicitor or peddler under this chapter shall
hawk or cry his wares or services upon any of the streets or sidewalks
of the Township nor shall be use any loudspeaker, bell, whistle or
other device for announcing his presence by which the public is annoyed.
A resident or resident business may display
a "No Solicitation" sign at his or her premises. If such a sign is
displayed, a solicitor or peddler shall not enter the premises for
purposes of solicitation or peddling.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, in an action
brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs,
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues,
or each section of this chapter which shall be found to have been
violated, shall constitute a separate offense.