It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in drawing or driving any vehicle for the purpose of collecting and purchasing old rags, old clothing, paper, junk, old rope, old metals of any kind, bottles or other materials without first making application to the Borough Clerk, and the license shall issue upon payment of an annual license fee as provided in Chapter
210, Fees.
No person, except such as are duly licensed under this chapter
or who are in the regular employ of such licensee, shall draw or drive
or cause to be driven any vehicle for any of the purposes aforesaid.
This chapter shall not apply to charitable, volunteer or public
organizations.
Every person engaged in drawing or driving any vehicle for the
purpose of collecting rags, old clothing, paper, junk, old rope, old
iron, brass, copper, tin, lead or other metals, rags, old bottles
and other materials, parts, scraps and articles of a similar nature
shall at all times carry with him when so engaged the license issued
for said vehicle whereby such conveyance is authorized and shall exhibit
the same on demand to any police officer of the Borough.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof,
in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each and every
day that such violation shall continue shall be a further and separate
offense under the terms of this chapter, subject to the penalties
herein prescribed.