From and after the enactment hereof it shall be unlawful for any person not exempted by §
280-5 hereof who is not the holder of a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to this chapter to engage in selling, purchasing, or soliciting the sale or purchase of food, printed matter, services, goods, ware 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 Fairview Township.
Every person to whom a license has been issued hereunder shall,
in conducting his business activities in the Township, comply with
the following rules of conduct:
A. He shall carry his license at all times while soliciting and exhibit
it upon request to any law enforcement official, Township representative
or any person upon whom he shall call or with whom he encounters in
carrying on his licensed activities.
B. He shall not permit any other person to have possession of his license
and shall immediately report its loss to the Township Secretary or
the agent so designated by the Secretary. He shall not cause or permit
his license card to be altered or defaced.
C. He shall not enter, or attempt to enter, any dwelling house without
invitation or permission of the occupant and shall immediately leave
any premises upon request.
D. He shall not attempt to enter in any manner the property that is
marked with any notice indicating that no soliciting shall occur on
the property of that person occupying that property.
E. He shall not solicit in a neighborhood that has identified itself
as not allowing peddlers.
F. He shall not represent his license to be an endorsement by the Township
of Fairview of himself or of his goods or services or of the goods
or services of his principal or employer.
G. He shall conduct activities only during the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
6:00 p.m. prevailing time.
H. He shall immediately surrender his license upon revocation of his
license as hereinafter provided.
The following persons are exempted from the licensing requirements
of this chapter:
A. Persons engaged in door-to-door canvassing on religious or political
subjects or distributing religious or political handbills shall be
exempt from the license requirements of this chapter. All such persons,
however, shall carry official identification, such as a driver's
license, upon his or her person at all times and shall exhibit it
upon request of any person who is the subject of the canvassing or
distribution.
B. Farmers engaged in selling only the produce of their own farms from
a truck or other vehicle.
C. Persons who have been licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to engage in an activity described in §
280-1 hereof, when so engaged, including, without limitation, real estate, insurance or securities brokers and salesmen.