[Code 1974, § 64-1; amended by Ord. No. 2015-04, 5-19-2015;
and by Ord. No. 2016-02, 1-5-2016]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following conduct, except
mobile food vending as defined in Division 3 of this article, shall
be defined to be vending, and persons engaged in such conduct shall
be deemed to be vendors:
(1)
The act of offering goods and/or services for sale from a fixed place
not within a building or from a fixed place in a temporary structure
or shelter, not including merchants offering goods and/or services
for sale upon commercial premises permanently occupied by them.
(2)
The act of offering goods and/or services for immediate sale, or
for sale by sample, description, or otherwise for delivery at a future
time, by going from door to door, or passing from house to house,
or going from person to person, not including the act of offering
goods for wholesale to retailers or for resale to manufacturers for
use in their processes; also not including regular route delivery
persons delivering goods and/or services.
[Code 1974, § 64-3(9); amended by Ord. No. 2015-04, 5-19-2015]
No vendor shall continue to engage in vending on any street,
alley, sidewalk or other public place in the Township after being
requested by a police officer to refrain therefrom because of congested
traffic conditions.
[Code 1974, § 64-3(10); amended by Ord. No. 2015-04, 5-19-2015]
No vendor shall shout or call his/her goods and/or services
in a loud, boisterous, or indecent manner, nor to the disturbance
of persons dwelling nearby, nor shall any vendor use any bell, public
address system, or other noise-making device to call attention to
his/her goods and or services or to his/her presence for the purpose
of vending.
[Code 1974, § 64-3(11)(a); amended by Ord. No. 2015-04, 5-19-2015; Ord. No. 2019-05, 4-23-2019]
When any vendor engages in the conduct of vending using a handcart,
pushcart, wagon, motor vehicle, railroad car, or other vehicle conveyance,
or from a fixed place in a temporary structure or shelter, or from
a fixed place not within a building, such vendor shall not occupy
any site, or any other location within 1,000 feet of that site, for
a period in excess of 14 days, either continuously or intermittently,
during the period of a valid license. Except in a Commercial District,
vending may only occur between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., from April
1 to October 31, and from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., November 1 to March
31.
[Code 1974, § 64-3(11)(b); amended by Ord. No. 2015-04, 5-19-2015]
When any vendor engages in vending using a handcart, pushcart,
wagon, motor vehicle, railroad car, or other vehicle conveyance, or
from a fixed place in a temporary structure or shelter, or from a
fixed place not within a building, such vendor shall locate and all
vending shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from any right-of-way
line and property line.
[Code 1974, § 64-3(11)(c); amended by Ord. No. 2015-04, 5-19-2015]
When any vendor engages in vending using a handcart, pushcart, wagon, motor vehicle, railroad car, or other vehicle conveyance, or from a fixed place in a temporary structure or shelter, or from a fixed place not within a building, such vendor shall use no more than one freestanding sign, which shall not be larger than 25 square feet in surface display area per side and shall be set back a minimum of 20 feet from any right-of-way line and property line. For purposes of this section, the term "sign" shall be defined as in § 86-2 and the surface display area shall be computed as provided in § 86-684.
