[Adopted 2-1-2013 by Ord. No. 13-02C]
Any canvassing, peddling, door-to-door selling or other solicitation by any individual whether a resident of the Township or not, traveling by foot, wagon, automobile, motor truck or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house or from street to street shall be and is hereby prohibited except by charitable solicitors as herein below in Chapter
139 is provided.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CHARITABLE SOLICITOR
Any individual, whether a resident of the Township or not,
traveling by foot, wagon, automobile, motor truck or any other type
of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house or from street
to street soliciting or seeking contributions for any charitable purpose.
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit contributions
for charitable purposes unless and until such person has obtained
a license pursuant to this article.
Federal census takers and canvassers or solicitors canvassing
or soliciting or taking surveys pursuant to any federal census or
any federal, state or local law for official public purposes shall
be exempt from the licensure requirements of this chapter; provided,
however, that federal census takers, canvassers and solicitors who
are exempt from the licensure requirements of this article must, nonetheless,
have proper identification cards while going door to door and advise
the Long Beach Township Police Department on a daily basis of where
and when they will be canvassing, soliciting or surveying, stating
the name of the organization for which they are working. Such individuals
must also have proper identification cards issued by the organization
for whom they are soliciting, canvassing or surveying.
No soliciting or canvassing activity shall be conducted before
9:00 a.m. nor later than 7:00 p.m., local time prevailing. The time
limitation herein imposed shall be imposed seven days per week.
All licenses shall expire on the 31 day of December of the calendar
year in which such license is issued.
A violation of any ordinance of the Township of Long Beach or any statute of the State of New Jersey shall be cause for the revocation of any license issued pursuant hereto. Upon conviction of the violation of any ordinance of the Township of Long Beach, including Chapter
139 or any statute of the State of New Jersey, such conviction occurring in the Long Beach Township Municipal Court or in any other Court of competent jurisdiction the license of any licensee shall automatically be revoked. Upon receipt of written complaint alleging three violations of Chapter
139 of the Code of the Township of Long Beach, the Chief of Police of the Township of Long Beach shall give the licensee against whom complaints were made an opportunity to be heard as to the violations. If the Chief of Police determines that the violations are substantially truthful, he may cause license of any licensee to be revoked.
Any violation of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, of Article
III, General Penalty, as contained in the Code of the Township of Long Beach.