[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
North Coventry 6-12-1961 by Ord. No. 14.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 2-10-1975]
From and after the effective date hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership, organization, or unincorporated entity, not exempted by § 259-7 hereof, and who is not the holder of a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to this chapter, to engage in selling, purchasing, soliciting, peddling, the sale or purchase of food, printed matter, services, goods, wares, or merchandise of any description, or in soliciting contributions, gifts or pledges of money or any other thing of value, by visitation to private homes or residences or on the public streets or highways of North Coventry Township or otherwise.
[Added 2-10-1975[1]]
Notwithstanding any provisions in this chapter to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership, organization, or unincorporated entity to engage in peddling, soliciting, itinerant business practices, transient business practices, the purchasing or soliciting by visitation to private residences or on public streets in the RC, RR, R-1, V-1, V-2, TC1 and TC2 zoning use districts as established under Chapter 370, Zoning.
Any person not exempted by § 259-7 hereof, desiring to obtain a license to engage in the activities described in § 259-1 hereof, shall make application thereof, in person, to the Township Secretary.
A.
The applicant shall supply over his signature the following
information:
(1)
His name;
(2)
His place and date of birth;
(3)
His address;
(4)
His residence;
(5)
The address at which he will receive notices under this chapter;
(6)
Name and address of his employer or principal, and nature of
his business activity;
(7)
Nature of the business or activity in which applicant wishes
to engage within the Township;
(8)
A statement whether the applicant has ever been convicted in
any jurisdiction of any crime and if so what crimes, where and when.
B.
Upon submission of said application and the payment of
a fee of $50, which may hereafter be changed by a duly enacted resolution
of the Board of Supervisors, a license shall be issued to the applicant in
the form of a card which shall, unless revoked, entitle the licensee to engage
in the activities specified for a period of six months from the date of issuance,
provided that the Township Secretary may refuse to issue a license provided
that there are reasonable grounds for believing the applicant to be of poor
moral character in which event the applicant shall be required to apply in
person to the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 2-10-1975[1]]
C.
Licenses may be renewed annually, upon payment of the
fee herein above provided for and amendment of the original application to
reflect any changes necessary in the information therein contained.
Every person to whom a license has been issued hereunder shall in the
carrying on of his business or activities in the Township, comply with the
following conditions and rules of conduct:
A.
He shall carry his license card at all times and exhibit
it upon request to any peace officer or any person upon whom he shall call
or with whom he shall talk in carrying on his licensed activities.
B.
His license card is not transferable and he shall not
permit or allow any other person to use same and shall immediately report
its loss to the Township Secretary, should such event occur. His card shall
not be altered or defaced nor shall he permit it so to be.
C.
He shall not enter, nor attempt to enter any dwelling
or business house without invitation or permission of the occupant and shall
immediately leave any premises upon request.
D.
He shall not represent his license card to be an endorsement
of himself, or of his goods, wares or services or the goods, wares, or services
of his employer.
E.
He shall immediately surrender his license card upon
revocation of his license as hereinafter provided.
F.
The applicant shall carry on his business only during
daylight hours; however, such solicitation or peddling shall not be conducted
before the hour of 10:30 a.m. or after the hour of 4:00 p.m.
[Added 2-10-1975]
Any license hereafter issued may be revoked by the Board of Supervisors upon the failure of the licensee to comply with the standards of conduct established by § 259-4 hereof or upon ascertainment that the licensee has made any false statement in his application for license hereunder. Notice of revocation shall be given by written notice served or sent by registered mail to the address designated for this purpose in the license application.
Any person whose license has been revoked shall be entitled to appear
with counsel, if he desires, before the Board of Supervisors at a regular
or special meeting and be heard in behalf for a reinstatement of his license.
[Amended 2-10-1975; 6-23-1976]
The following persons are exempted from the licensing requirements of
this chapter:
A.
Persons soliciting contributions in behalf of organizations
or nonprofit corporations exempted from the provisions of, or duly registered
pursuant to the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act (10 P.S.
§ 162.1 et seq.) as amended; who while soliciting are possessed
of a card or other written evidence of their appointment or authority to solicit
for said organization or corporation;
B.
Those who regularly make deliveries to people in the
community, such as milkmen, ice cream vendors, breadmen, and party-snack delivery
people.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter, shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District
Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be
guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the
defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days.
Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this
chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
