[Adopted 3-11-1958 by Ord. No. 1958-4 (Sec.
2.24 of the 1995 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes itinerant vendors of merchandise who shall go from
door to door or from house to house in this Township, selling, causing
to be sold, offering for sale or cause to be offered for sale or taking
orders for present or future delivery of merchandise of any description
whatsoever, and shall include persons going from door to door for
the purpose of obtaining alms, orders, subscriptions, making canvasses
or surveys or other solicitations.
No person shall solicit or act as a solicitor
from door to door within this Township without first registering with
the Chief of Police of the Township of Cinnaminson as provided in
this article. The Chief of Police may deny the issuance of a permit,
and appeal to the denial may be made to the Township Committee.
[Amended 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-26]
Each such registrant shall, at the time of registering,
give to the Chief of Police, in writing, his name, address and such
other personal data as is required to identify him, together with
two recent photographs of his face, approximately 2 1/2 by 2 1/2
inches in size, together with the purpose of his proposed canvassing
or solicitation, the route, date and approximate hours of his itinerary
in this Township (which shall be between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
8:00 p.m.), any prior convictions of crime and his fingerprints, together
with sufficient information to determine whether or not the business
he is to transact is interstate or intrastate commerce.
Each registrant, upon being so registered, shall
be issued a registration certificate by the Chief of Police, upon
which shall be affixed one photograph of the applicant, signed by
the Chief of Police so that part of his signature covers part of the
photograph; provided, however, that no person who has been convicted
of a crime shall be issued any such certificate.
Each registrant shall carry the registered certificate
at all times and shall exhibit it to any person upon request.
Each registrant shall, at the conclusion of
each day's canvassing or solicitation, deposit his registration certificate
with the Chief of Police.
No such registration certificate shall be issued
to any person who has not complied with any law of the State of New
Jersey or ordinance of this Township regulating soliciting, canvassing
or itinerant vendors of merchandise.
No person, whether registered or not, shall
visit or call at any private residence for the purpose of solicitation,
as defined in this article, when banned by the householder by a sign
bearing words to the effect that solicitors or peddlers are not invited
or are prohibited.
Any such registration certificate so issued
may be revoked by the Chief of Police for violation of this article
or any other ordinance of the Township regulating solicitors, canvassers
or itinerant vendors of merchandise, or for any false information
given in said application.
[Amended 8-18-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-15; 12-17-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-26]
No person shall solicit within the meaning of
this article before the hour of 9:00 a.m. or after the hour of 8:00
p.m.
[Amended 11-14-1961 by Ord. No. 1961-17; 9-12-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-24]
A fee as set forth in Chapter 265, Fees, shall be paid by the registrant for a registration certificate to defray the costs of administration of this article. A fee as set forth in Chapter 265 shall be paid for each additional person affiliated with the initial registrant who will canvass or solicit under the initial registrant's certificate. The Township Committee may, upon written application, waive the registration certificate and fee requirement imposed under this article for local nonprofit charitable organizations. Each waiver application shall be filed with the Township Committee no later than 45 days prior to commencement of canvassing and solicitation activities within the Township, and said local nonprofit charitable organization may not commence canvassing and solicitation activities until said waiver application is approved.
Any person or persons violating this article
or any of the provisions hereof shall, upon conviction, be subject
to a fine not exceeding $200 or imprisonment in the Burlington County
Jail not exceeding 30 days, or both, at the discretion of the Judge
before whom such conviction is had.
This article is in addition to any other ordinance
or ordinances regulating itinerant vendors of merchandise, solicitation
or canvassing within the Township of Cinnaminson.
