[Ord. 960-79, 5/15/1979, § 1; as amended by Ord.
1282-03, 10/14/2003, § 1]
From and after the date of the enactment of this Part, it shall
be unlawful for any person to solicit contributions or gifts, either
of money, merchandise, or any other thing of value, within the Borough
of Gettysburg who does not have in his or her possession a valid license
issued pursuant to the provisions of this Part. This provision shall
not require the procurement of a license by any person who is engaged
in the activities of religious proselytizing, political speech and
the distribution of political handbills.
[Ord. 960-79, 5/15/1979, § 2; as amended by Ord.
1282-03, 10/14/2003, § 2]
1.
Except as provided in Subsection 2 hereof, every person desiring to solicit within the Borough of Gettysburg shall first make written application to the Mayor for a license. The application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, the name of the organization, if any, for which the applicant is soliciting and the address of that organization, the purpose for which the organization exists, and, if different, the purpose for which the contributions or gifts solicited within the Borough will be used and whether any such license previously issued to the Mayor may require, and shall be signed by the applicant in person. No license issued under this Part shall be transferable from one person to another. Applications shall be accompanied by the required license fee.
2.
Upon application of payment of any required license fee, the Mayor
shall make such investigation as he or she shall deem necessary to
verify the information on the application is true and correct and
to confirm that no license previously issued hereunder was ever revoked.
Conditioned upon the verification by the Mayor of information on the
application, the Mayor shall issue a license to the applicant within
five days after the application has been made.
3.
In the case of any organization, the person or officer of the organization
responsible for and in charge of such soliciting may make the applications
for licenses for all persons who will solicit on behalf of such organization.
[Ord. 960-79, 5/15/1979, § 3]
Solicitors shall exhibit their licenses upon the request of
any official or police officer of the Borough, any person upon whose
premises the solicitor enters or any person solicited.
[Ord. 960-79, 5/15/1979, § 4]
A license issued hereunder shall be valid for a period of 30
days and may be extended by the Mayor for an additional thirty-day
period.
[Ord. 960-79, 5/15/1979, § 5; as amended by Ord.
1282-03, 10/14/2003, § 3; and by Ord. No. 1478-21, 4/12/2021]
The fee required to be paid at the time of the making of an
application for the issuance of a license hereunder shall be $36.
The payment of a fee for the making of an application hereunder shall
not be required if the solicitation is to be made for the purpose
of soliciting the contribution of gifts for charitable, religious,
political, patriotic, community or educational purposes. Subsequently,
any application fees for the issuance of a license hereunder may be
authorized, set or amended from time to time by resolution of the
Borough Council.
[Ord. 960-79, 5/15/1979, § 6]
Any license issued hereunder may be revoked by the Mayor upon
written notice to the licensee for misrepresentation or false statement
contained in the application for a license or made in the course of
solicitation thereunder or for violation of any law of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or of this or any other Borough ordinance.
[Ord. 960-79, 5/15/1979, § 7]
No person licensed hereunder shall engage in soliciting within
the Borough of Gettysburg at any time on Sunday nor upon any other
day of the week before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m., prevailing time.
[Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985; as amended by Ord. 1236-99, 12/13/1999,
§ 2]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part 4 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $600 and/or to imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this Part 5 continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
