The Board of Supervisors of Brecknock Township finds and declares
that the provisions of this chapter are enacted to establish regulations
regarding solicitations, peddling, distribution of handbills, and
canvassing within Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
("Township").
Except as otherwise indicated, all provisions in this chapter
shall be applied to all solicitation, peddling and canvassing within
the jurisdictional boundaries of Brecknock Township.
No person shall engage in solicitation, peddling, distribution
of handbills, and/or canvassing for the purpose of soliciting orders,
sales or subscriptions for any goods, wares or merchandise, or for
the purposes of soliciting or obtaining any business or commercial
information, without first having registered with and obtained a permit
from the Township.
The permit granted pursuant to this chapter shall be valid for
30 days after the date such permit is issued; and, upon the expiration
of any permit, if the person holding the same shall desire to continue
or renew soliciting or peddling, he or she shall be required to file
a new application for a permit. Such permits may be issued in advance
for consecutive thirty-day periods not exceeding six in number.
No person shall solicit, peddle or canvass within the Township
without possessing a current, valid copy of the official permit issued
by the Township, together with such other identification as may be
required by the Township. Such person shall solicit, peddle or canvass
only the items, commodities, services or subscriptions identified
in the registration application. Each person conducting such activity
shall obtain a permit. Permits are nontransferable.
Solicitation and canvassing shall only occur within the Township
during the following hours:
A. Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to sunset.
B. Saturday from 12:00 noon to sunset.
No solicitor, peddler or canvasser shall enter upon any residence
within the Township that is posted with signage providing that such
contact, solicitation or canvassing is not desired by the resident
thereof.
The Pennsylvania State Police shall be charged with the responsibility
of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
This chapter shall be enforced as a summary offense under the
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. Any person or persons, corporation,
partnership or other entity whatsoever violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction before a District Judge, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $600 per
violation, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of
such costs and prosecution, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days; provided, however, that if the District Judge determines
that the defendant is without the financial means to pay the fines
and costs immediately or in a single remittance, such defendant shall
be permitted to pay the fines or costs in installments and over such
periods of time as the District Judge deems to be just.