It shall be unlawful for any individual to solicit funds, peddle,
canvass or take orders either by sample or otherwise for any goods,
wares or merchandise upon any street, alley, sidewalk or public place
or from house to house in the Borough of Adamstown, Berks County and
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, without first obtaining a license
as provided herein; except that no license shall be required from
the following:
A. Farmers selling their own products;
B. Persons soliciting funds or selling goods, wares or merchandise donated
by the owner thereof, where the funds or the proceeds of sale are
to be applied exclusively for a charitable or philanthropic purpose;
C. Representatives and members of Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts
of America, Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, American Association of Retired
Persons, Disabled American Veterans, YWCA and YMCA, YWHA and YMHA,
Red Cross, Salvation Army and other national and international service
organizations and associations existing for the benefit of young,
aged, handicapped or stricken persons and soliciting or selling for
the purpose of self-perpetuation and which may be registered as charitable
organizations with the state or federal government;
D. Manufacturers or producers of bread and baking products, meat and
meat products, or milk and milk products, who sell their own products;
E. Insurance and real estate agents and brokers licensed by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania;
F. Schoolchildren selling goods, wares or merchandise, where the funds
or proceeds of sales are to be applied exclusively for a function
or organization sponsored or approved by the school which such children
attend;
G. Any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine of the military
service who complies with the Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania of 1867, April 8, P.L. 50, § 1, as amended,
60 P.S. § 61, who procures from the prothonotary of any county in this
commonwealth a certificate in compliance with said Act of Assembly;
and
H. Any person taking orders for merchandise from dealers or merchants
for resale to an ultimate consumer.
[Amended 10-2-1990 by Ord. No. 244]
No license shall be issued under this chapter until a sum, as
established from time to time by resolution, shall be paid to the
Borough. A separate application shall be filed and a separate license
fee shall be paid by each person who shall actually conduct the soliciting
or peddling and shall apply where an employer desires to secure licenses
for his employees, agents or servants.
[Amended 10-2-1990 by Ord. No. 244]
The license granted pursuant to this chapter shall be valid
for 30 days after the date such license is issued 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 license and pay a new license fee. Such licenses
may be issued in advance for consecutive thirty-day periods not exceeding
six in number upon payment in advance of a fee as established from
time to time by resolution for each thirty-day period.
[Amended 10-2-1990 by Ord. No. 244]
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined not less than $25 nor more than $600
and costs or, in default of the payment of such fine and costs, shall
undergo imprisonment for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day
for which a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a
separate offense and shall be punishable as such.