No person shall engage in soliciting or peddling
in Worcester Township without first having taken out a license as
herein provided.
[Amended 8-21-1996 by Ord. No. 150]
No license shall be issued under this chapter
until the a fee, as set forth in the Fee Schedule, shall be paid to Worcester Township for the use of the
Township. A separate application shall be filed and a separate permit
fee shall be paid by each person who shall actually conduct the soliciting
or peddling and shall apply where an employer desires to secure licenses
for his employees, agents or servants.
[Amended 8-21-1996 by Ord. No. 150]
The license granted pursuant to this chapter shall be valid for 30 days after the date of such license, and upon the expiration of any license, if the person holding the same shall desire to continue or renew soliciting or peddling, he shall be required to file a new application for a permit and pay a new license fee. Such licenses may be issued in advance, for consecutive thirty-day periods, not exceeding 12 in number, upon payment, in advance, of the license fee for each thirty-day period provided in §
113-4 hereof.
No person licensed as a solicitor or peddler
under this chapter shall engage in soliciting or peddling on any day
of the week before 8:30 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. During the time of
the year that Eastern standard time is effective, these hours shall
be Eastern standard time. During the time of the year that daylight
saving time is effective, these hours shall be daylight saving time.
No person licensed as a solicitor or peddler
under this chapter shall park any vehicle upon any of the streets,
highways or alleys of the Township in order to sort, rearrange or
clean any of his goods, wares, services or merchandise; nor shall
any such person place or deposit any refuse on any such streets, highways
or alleys; nor shall any such person maintain or keep a street or
curbstone market by parking any 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.
No persons licensed as a solicitor or peddler
under this chapter shall occupy any fixed location upon any of the
streets, highways, alleys or sidewalks of the Township for the purpose
of soliciting or peddling with or without any stand or counter.
Any license issued under this chapter may be
suspended or revoked at any time by the Worcester Township Secretary
upon proof being furnished that the application for the license contained
false information or that the applicant or licensee was convicted
of a crime involving moral turpitude after the issuance of such license
or that the licensee was convicted of disorderly conduct under any
law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any ordinance of Worcester
Township.
No person licensed as a solicitor or peddler
under this chapter shall hawk or cry his wares or services upon any
of the streets or sidewalks of Worcester Township, nor shall he use
any loudspeaker, bell, whistle or other device for announcing his
presence by which the public is annoyed.
[Amended 8-21-1996 by Ord. No. 150]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, to be collected by suit or summary proceeding brought in the name of Worcester Township before the District Justice having jurisdiction in accordance with the procedures authorized by Clause XLI of Section 702 of the Second Class Township Code, as amended by Act No. 88-20. All fines and penalties collected for violation of the
provisions of this chapter shall be paid over to the Township treasury.