[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of South Strabane 6-10-1980 by Ord. No. 2-1980.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 162.
A.
PERSON
TRANSIENT RETAIL BUSINESS
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
Engaging in peddling, canvassing, soliciting or taking of
orders, either by sample or otherwise, for any goods, wares or merchandise,
including magazines, books, periodicals or personal property of any
nature whatsoever, for future delivery or for service to be performed
at that time or in the future upon any of the streets or sidewalks
or from house to house within the Township of South Strabane.
B.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural
and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
No person shall engage in any transient retail business within
the Township of South Strabane without first having obtained from
the Township Secretary a license, for which a fee, for the use of
the Township, shall be charged in the amount of $25 per month or fractional
part thereof.
A.
No license fee shall be charged under this section
to farmers selling their own produce; for the sale of goods, wares
and merchandise donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds whereof
are to be applied to any charitable or philanthropic purpose; or to
any manufacturer or producer in the sale of bread and bakery products,
meat and meat products, or milk or milk products, but all persons
exempted hereby from payment of the license fee shall be required
to register with the Township Secretary and to obtain a license without
the fee.
B.
Any person
dealing in one or more of the hereinabove-mentioned exempted categories
and selling other goods, wares or merchandise not so exempted shall
be subject to the payment of the license fee fixed by this section
for his activities in connection with the sale of goods, wares and
merchandise not in such exempted categories.
C.
Every license issued under the provisions of this
chapter shall be issued on an individual basis to persons engaged
in such business; every individual shall obtain a separate license,
issued to him in his name, and the license fee hereby imposed shall
be applicable to every such individual license.
A.
Every person
desiring to engage in transient business in the Township of South
Strabane shall first make application to the Township Secretary for
a license. Upon such application, such person shall give:
(1)
His
name and address;
(2)
His
previous criminal record, if any;
(3)
The
name of the person for whom he works, if any;
(4)
The
type of goods, wares and merchandise he wishes to deal with;
(5)
The
length of time for which he wishes to be licensed;
(6)
The
type and license number of vehicles he uses, if any; and
(7)
The
number of helpers he has.
B.
Where a
person makes application for himself and one or more helpers, all
applicable personal information specified above shall be given for
each helper, and an individual license shall be required for each
helper. No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable
from one person to another.
A.
Upon making
application therefor and paying the prescribed fee, as herein specified,
the Township Secretary shall refer such application to the Chief of
Police, who shall institute such investigation of the applicant's
business and moral character as he deems necessary for the protection
of the public safety; such investigation shall not require more than
72 hours. If, upon such investigation, the applicant's business and
moral character are found to be satisfactory as reported by the Chief
of Police to the Township Secretary, the Township Secretary shall
thereupon issue the license. Upon the refusal or failure to act on
an application within such time, the applicant may appeal to the Board
of Supervisors for relief.
B.
Such license
shall contain the information required to be given upon the application
therefor. Every license holder shall at all times, when engaged in
a transient retail business from house to house or upon any street,
alley, sidewalk or public grounds in the Township, carry such license
upon his person and shall exhibit such license, upon request, to all
police officers, Township officials and citizens.
No person engaged in any transient retail business
shall:
A.
Sell any product or type of product not mentioned
in his license.
B.
Hawk or cry his wares upon any street, alley, sidewalk
or public grounds in the Township.
C.
When selling from a vehicle, stop or park such vehicle
upon any street or alley in the Township for longer than necessary
in order to sell therefrom to persons residing in the immediate vicinity.
D.
Park any vehicle upon any street or alley in the Township
for the purpose of sorting, rearranging or cleaning any of his goods,
wares or merchandise or of disposing of any carton or wrapping material
or of any stock or wares or foodstuffs which shall have become unsalable
through handling, age or otherwise.
The Township Secretary is hereby given authority
to suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter when he
shall deem such suspension or revocation to be in the interest of
the public health, safety, welfare or morals or for violation of any
provision of this chapter or for giving false information in any application
for a license hereunder. Appeals from any suspension or revocation
may be made to the Board of Supervisors at any time within 10 days
after such suspension or revocation. No part of a license fee shall
be refunded to any person whose license shall have been suspended
or revoked.
