[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Chadds Ford (formerly Township of Birmingham) 6-3-1981 by Ord. No.
51. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall carry on the business of dealer
within the Township without first obtaining a dealer's license from
the Township Secretary.
A.
The Township Secretary shall require satisfactory
evidence of good character of an applicant for a dealer's license.
Full records check of dealer and all employees.
B.
An applicant for a dealer's license shall state the
address where such business is to be carried on.
C.
Approval of Township Supervisors is required.
A dealer's license shall continue in force to
December 31 of the year in which the license is issued.
Each person applying for a dealer's license
shall pay to the Township Secretary a license fee as set from time
to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, for which the Township
Secretary shall give the applicant an official receipt and, upon approval
of Township Supervisors, issue a license to carry on the trade or
business of a dealer within the Township of Chadds Ford, Delaware
County. Said fee may be changed from time to time by resolution of
the Board of Supervisors.
No person licensed as a dealer in the Township
shall, by virtue of one license, keep more than one place of business
for receiving or taking goods.
Any licensed dealer who violates any provision of this article, in addition to the fine prescribed by § 84-14, shall have his license revoked at the discretion of the Township Supervisors.
No dealer shall at any time take goods at any
other place than the place for which the license was granted.
Every person conducting the business of a dealer
shall keep a book in which shall be recorded at the time of purchase
an accurate account and description of the goods, articles or things
purchased, the amount of money paid therefor, the time purchasing
the same, together with the description of the person selling such
goods, articles or things, including color complexion, color of eyes
and hair, stature and general appearance, name, address, driver's
license number, social security number or other valid means of identification,
as well as a photograph of the seller and photograph of the articles
as a unit.
The book required by § 84-8 shall be subject to periodic inspection and approval of police and Township officials.
Every dealer shall mail to the Township Secretary, every day before noon, a sheet, to be furnished by the Township, showing all business transacted on the previous day, and giving the information required by § 84-8.
No dealer shall sell, melt down or modify any
articles until the articles have been in his possession at least 15
days.
No dealer, or his clerk or employee, shall purchase
any article from any person under twenty-one years of age, anyone
intoxicated, any habitual drunkard, or any person known to be a thief,
an associate of thieves or receiver of stolen property, or any person
he has reason to suspect to be such, and must require that valid identification
be presented to the dealer prior to the transaction of any business.
No person licensed as a dealer shall keep his
office or place of business open for the purpose of doing the business
of a dealer on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday before
7:30 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. On Friday his business may be kept open
until 9:00 p.m.
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil
enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a Magisterial
District Judge, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs,
including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in
the enforcement of this chapter. No judgment shall be imposed until
the date of the determination of the violation by the Magisterial
District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the
judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable
Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute
a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of
the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including
injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.
