No person shall engage in any transient retail business within
the Township of South Strabane without first having obtained from
the Township Secretary a license, for which a fee, for the use of
the Township, shall be charged in the amount of $25 per month or fractional
part thereof.
A. No license fee shall be charged under this section
to farmers selling their own produce; for the sale of goods, wares
and merchandise donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds whereof
are to be applied to any charitable or philanthropic purpose; or to
any manufacturer or producer in the sale of bread and bakery products,
meat and meat products, or milk or milk products, but all persons
exempted hereby from payment of the license fee shall be required
to register with the Township Secretary and to obtain a license without
the fee.
B. Any person
dealing in one or more of the hereinabove-mentioned exempted categories
and selling other goods, wares or merchandise not so exempted shall
be subject to the payment of the license fee fixed by this section
for his activities in connection with the sale of goods, wares and
merchandise not in such exempted categories.
C. Every license issued under the provisions of this
chapter shall be issued on an individual basis to persons engaged
in such business; every individual shall obtain a separate license,
issued to him in his name, and the license fee hereby imposed shall
be applicable to every such individual license.
No person engaged in any transient retail business
shall:
A. Sell any product or type of product not mentioned
in his license.
B. Hawk or cry his wares upon any street, alley, sidewalk
or public grounds in the Township.
C. When selling from a vehicle, stop or park such vehicle
upon any street or alley in the Township for longer than necessary
in order to sell therefrom to persons residing in the immediate vicinity.
D. Park any vehicle upon any street or alley in the Township
for the purpose of sorting, rearranging or cleaning any of his goods,
wares or merchandise or of disposing of any carton or wrapping material
or of any stock or wares or foodstuffs which shall have become unsalable
through handling, age or otherwise.
The Township Secretary is hereby given authority
to suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter when he
shall deem such suspension or revocation to be in the interest of
the public health, safety, welfare or morals or for violation of any
provision of this chapter or for giving false information in any application
for a license hereunder. Appeals from any suspension or revocation
may be made to the Board of Supervisors at any time within 10 days
after such suspension or revocation. No part of a license fee shall
be refunded to any person whose license shall have been suspended
or revoked.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in §
1-2, Summary proceedings, of the Code of the Township of South Strabane.