The terms of this chapter shall not be held to include the acts
of persons selling personal property at wholesale to dealers in such
articles, and nothing contained herein shall be held to prohibit any
sale required by statute or by order of any court.
[Amended 3-28-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4]
A. Any person, organization or association desiring to solicit or have solicited in its name money, donations of money or property or financial assistance of any kind or desiring to sell or distribute any item of literature or merchandise for which a fee is charged or solicited from persons other than members of such organization at any place or places within the Township of Riverside for a charitable, religious, patriotic or philanthropic purpose shall be exempt from provisions of §§
310-4 and
310-7 of this chapter, provided that there is filed a sworn application, in writing, with the Township Clerk or Director of Public Safety, which shall give the following information:
(1) The name and purpose of the cause for which the permit is sought.
(2) The names and addresses of the officers and directors of the organization.
(3) The period during which solicitation is to be carried on.
(4) Whether or not any commission, fees, wages or emoluments are to be
expended in connection with such solicitation and the amount thereof.
(5) The name and address of each agent or representative who will conduct
solicitations and the length of time that such agent or representative
has been employed or affiliated with such organization, society, association
or corporation.
B. Upon being satisfied that such persons, organization, society or
association is a religious, charitable, patriotic or philanthropic
organization and that the agents or representatives who shall conduct
the solicitations are of good moral character and reputation, the
Township Clerk or Director of Public Safety shall issue a permit without
charge to such organization, association or corporation to solicit
in the Township. Such organization, association or corporation shall
furnish all its members, agents or representatives conducting solicitation
credentials, in writing, stating the name of the organization, the
name of the agent and the purpose of the solicitation.
[Amended 3-28-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4]
A. Each application shall be referred to the Director of Public Safety
or officer in charge of the Police Department, who shall immediately
institute such investigation of the applicant's business and moral
character as he deems necessary for the protection of the public good
and shall endorse the application in the manner prescribed in this
section within a reasonable period of time after it has been filed
by the applicant.
B. If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant's character
or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory or the product
or services are not free from fraud, the Director of Public Safety
shall endorse on such application his disapproval and his reasons
for the same and return said application to the Township Clerk, who
shall notify the applicant that his application is disapproved and
that no license will be issued.
Every person, society, association or organization to whom a
license is issued under the terms of this chapter shall be governed
by the following rules and regulations:
A. All circulars, samples or other matter shall be handed to the occupant
of the property and not left on or about the same.
B. No person subject to the provisions of this chapter shall canvass,
solicit or distribute circulars or other matter or call from house
to house except during reasonable hours during the day and on weekdays.
C. No person subject to the terms of this chapter shall enter or attempt
to enter the lands or house of any resident in the Township of Riverside
without an express invitation from the occupant of the house.
D. No person subject to this chapter shall conduct themselves in such
a manner as to become objectionable or to annoy an occupant of any
house.
E. The time for peddling or soliciting, as defined herein, shall be
limited from 12:00 noon until 8:00 p.m. each day. During the time
between June 19 up to and including August 31 of each year, the stopping
time shall be extended to 9:00 p.m.
[Added 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-08]
[Added 12-18-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-14]
A. The Police Clerk shall prepare a list of addresses of those premises
where the owner and/or occupant has notified the Police Clerk that
canvassing, peddling, itinerant vending, and door-to-door sales enterprises
are not permitted on the premises (hereinafter referred to as the
Riverside Township "No-Knock Registry"). Notification shall be completion
of a form available at the Police Department during normal business
hours. The list shall be updated monthly.
B. Any owner and/or occupant who has requested enlistment on the Riverside Township No-Knock Registry pursuant to Subsection
A herein shall be able to procure from the Police Department a sticker for display at his/her/its premises indicating enlistment on the Riverside Township No-Knock Registry. The first sticker shall be provided free of charge and may be picked up in person during regular business hours. If a replacement sticker is required, the individual may pick up a replacement at the Police Department for a fee of $5.
C. The Police Clerk shall distribute the current Riverside Township
No-Knock Registry to the Township Clerk monthly. The Township Clerk
shall distribute a copy of the No-Knock Registry to a licensee at
the time of issuance of a license to peddle, canvass, itinerant vend
or otherwise door-to-door sell pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter. The licensee shall not peddle, canvass, itinerant vend or
conduct door-to-door sales at any premises identified on the then-current
Riverside Township No-Knock Registry.
D. Although the most current list of registrants on the Riverside Township
No-Knock Registry shall be provided by the Township Clerk, it is the
responsibility of the canvasser, itinerant vendor, or solicitor to
have the most up-to-date list prior to performing their business.
E. The provisions of this §
310-8A shall not apply to exempt organizations as described in §
310-5 of this chapter.
F. Any person violating the terms of this section, whether as principal
or agent or employee of another, shall, upon conviction in the Municipal
Court of the Township of Riverside, be subject to one or more of the
following: a fine not exceeding $1,000; a term of imprisonment not
exceeding 90 days; or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days. Any person or company violating the terms of this section
shall also be subject to a permanent revocation of any license issued
under the within chapter.
No licensee or any person in his behalf shall shout, cry out,
blow a horn, ring a bell or use any sound-making or amplifying device
upon any of the streets, parks or other public places of the Township
or upon private premises where sound of sufficient volume is emitted
or produced therefrom to be capable of being plainly heard upon the
streets, avenues, parks or other public places for the purpose of
attracting attention to any goods, wares, merchandise or services
which said licensee proposes to sell.
No licensee shall have any exclusive right to any location in
the public streets, nor shall any be permitted a stationary location
thereon, nor shall any be permitted to operate in a congested area
where such operation might impede or inconvenience the public use
of such streets. For the purpose of this chapter, the judgment of
the police officer, exercised in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive
as to whether the area is congested and the public impeded or inconvenienced.
Licensees are required to exhibit their certificate of license
at the request of any citizen or member of the Police Department.
[Amended 3-28-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4]
The Director of Public Safety shall report to the Township Clerk
all convictions for violation of this chapter, and the Township Clerk
shall maintain a record for each license issued and record the reports
of violation therein.
All annual licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter
shall expire at 12:00 midnight the 31st day of December in the year
when issued. Other than annual licenses shall expire at 12:00 midnight
on the date specified in the license.
This chapter shall not affect any person engaged in delivering
wares, goods or merchandise or other articles or things in the regular
course of business to the premises of the person ordering or entitled
to receive the same.
[Amended 9-25-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-10; 8-23-2006 by Ord. No.
2006-18]
Any person, firm, corporation, association or legal party whatsoever who shall violate, or authorize or procure a violation, or cause to be violated, any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided under Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty.