Promptly upon receiving any application for a permit to canvass
or solicit within the Borough of Munhall, the Chief of Police shall
cause such application and applicant to be thoroughly investigated
by the Police Department of the Borough of Munhall. In the event that
such investigation should indicate that the granting of such permit
would or might be injurious to the public interest, or to the public
health, safety or morals, the Chief of Police shall have, and is hereby
given, the power and authority to issue such license or permit. In
any instance where the Chief of Police should deem it necessary or
advisable to secure and check the fingerprints of any such applicant,
refusal of such applicant to voluntary furnish such fingerprints shall
constitute, in and of itself, sufficient and valid ground for refusal
to issue such license. The Chief of Police will issue to the applicant
an identification card (to which one of the applicant's photographs
will be affixed) within 10 days from the date of filing of the application.
[Amended 9-15-1983 by Ord. No. 1290]
Every person to whom an identification card has been issued
shall in the conduct of his activity comply with the following standards
of conduct.
A. He shall carry his identification card at all times and exhibit it
upon request to any police officer, ordinance officer of the Borough
or to any other person upon whom he shall call or with whom he shall
talk.
B. He shall not permit any person to have possession of his identification
card and shall immediately report its loss to the Borough Police Department.
He shall not cause or permit his identification card to be altered
or defaced in any way.
C. He shall not enter or attempt to enter any dwelling without the invitation
or permission of the occupant and shall immediately leave any premises
upon request of the occupant.
D. He shall engage in canvassing and soliciting between the hours of
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, legal holidays being
excepted therefrom. Such activities at any other time being hereby
expressly declared unlawful.
E. He shall not be guilty of any false pretense or misrepresentation
and, particularly, he shall not represent his identification to be
an endorsement of himself, or his goods or services, or of the goods
or services of his employer.
F. He shall immediately surrender his identification card to the Borough
of Munhall Chief of Police upon revocation thereof.
Any identification card may be revoked by the Chief of Police if the holder fails to comply with the standards of conduct contained in §
157-4 hereof, or any of them, or ascertainment by the Chief of Police that the holder has made a false statement in his application.
Every person engaged in canvassing and soliciting in the Borough
of Munhall and not exempted from the requirements of this chapter
shall pay a registration fee, in an amount as established from time
to time by resolution, per person and an additional fee, also in an
amount as established from time to time by resolution, for each motor
vehicle registered to be used in canvassing and soliciting. Provided,
however, no license fee shall be required for religious proselytizing,
anonymous political speech or the distribution of hand bills.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Munhall, plus costs, and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues or each section of this chapter which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.