[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mahanoy City 2-19-1924 by Ord. No. 149. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Hereafter every person, whether principal or agent, not engaged in a permanent business in the Borough of Mahanoy City but entering into, beginning or desiring to begin a transient retail or wholesale business in said Borough of Mahanoy City for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, whether the same shall be represented or held forth to be bankrupt, assigned or about to quit business, or of goods damaged by fire, water or otherwise, or by any attractive or conspicuous advertisement whatsoever, shall first take out a license authorizing such person so to do, which said license shall be granted and issued by the Mayor of the Borough of Mahanoy City upon the terms and conditions provided for in § 174-2.
[Amended 5-5-1981 by Ord. No. 81-3]
The license fee for transient retail or wholesale merchants shall be $25 per month or the fractional part thereof, and the license shall be granted and issued by the Mayor aforesaid to the person or persons applying for the same and upon the production by him or them of a receipt showing that he has paid the said sum of $25 into the Borough treasury. This license shall be valid for the period of one month from the date of its issue and for the place or stand designated or named in said license, said license to be renewed monthly during the continuance of said sales.
[Amended 5-5-1981 by Ord. No. 81-3; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding 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 court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County.