[Ord. 100, 4/13/1976, § 1]
As used in this Part:
LEGAL HOLIDAY
Includes New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. The singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
PERSON
Only a natural person.
TRANSIENT RETAIL BUSINESS
(1) 
Engaging in peddling, soliciting or taking orders, either by sample or otherwise, for any goods, wares or merchandise upon any street, sidewalk or public ground, or from house to house, within the Township of Ferguson.
(2) 
Selling, soliciting or taking orders for any goods, wares or merchandise, from a fixed location within the Township, on a temporary basis, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, such activities conducted at the time of special occasions or celebrations, for seasonal purposes, or for or in advance of specific yearly holidays.
[Ord. 100, 4/13/1976, § 2; as amended by Ord. 820, 12/8/2003]
1. 
No person shall engage in any transient retail business within the Township of Ferguson without first having obtained from the Township Manager a license, for which a fee, which shall be for the use of the Township, shall be charged. Said fee is to be set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Provided: no license fee shall be charged under this section:
A. 
To farmers selling their own produce.
B. 
For the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds whereof are to be applied to any charitable or philanthropic purpose.
C. 
To any manufacturer or producer in the sale of bread and bakery products, meat and meat products, or milk and milk products.
D. 
To children under the age of 18 years who take orders for and/or deliver newspapers, greeting cards, candy, bakery products and the like, or who represent the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts or similar organizations.
E. 
To the seeking or taking of orders by insurance agents or brokers licensed under the insurance laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
F. 
To any person who has complied with the provisions of the Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, 10 P.S. § 162.1 et seq.
G. 
For taking orders for merchandise, by sample, from dealers or merchants for individuals or companies who pay a license or business privilege tax at their chief place of business.
2. 
But all persons exempted hereby from the payment of the license fee shall be required to register with the Township Manager and obtain a license without fee. Provided further: any person dealing in one or more of the above mentioned exempted categories, and dealing with other goods, wares or merchandise not in such exempted categories. Provided further: the Manager may similarly exempt from payment of the license fee, but not from registering with him, persons working without compensation and selling goods, wares or merchandise for the sole benefit of any nonprofit corporation. Provided further: every license issued under the provisions of this Part shall be issued on an individual basis to persons engaging in such business; every individual shall obtain a separate license, issued to him in his name, and the license fee hereby imposed shall be applicable to every such individual license; except that a representative of a charitable organization may obtain the licenses for the applicants therein.
[Ord. 100, 4/13/1976, § 3]
Every person desiring a license under this Part shall first make application to the Manager for such license. If such person shall also be required to obtain a license from any state or county officer, he shall, when making such application, exhibit a valid license from such state or county officer. The applicant shall give his name and address; his criminal record, if any; the name and address of the person by whom he is employed; the type of goods, wares and merchandise he wishes to deal with in such transient retail business; the length of time for which such license is to be issued; and the type and license number of the vehicle to be used, if any.
[Ord. 100, 4/13/1976, § 4]
Upon receipt of such application and the prescribed fee, the Manager, if he shall find such application in order, shall issue the license required under this Part. Such license shall contain the information required to be given on the application therefor. Every license holder shall carry such license upon his person, if engaged in a transient retail business from house to house or upon any of the streets, sidewalks or public grounds, or shall display such license at the location where he shall engage in such business if doing so at a fixed location. He shall exhibit such license, upon request, to all police officers, Township officials, and citizens or residents of the Township.
[Ord. 100, 4/13/1976, § 5]
1. 
No person engaged in any transient retail business shall:
A. 
Sell any product or type of product not mentioned in his license.
B. 
Hawk or cry his wares upon any of the streets, sidewalks or public grounds in the Township.
C. 
When operating from a vehicle, stop or park such vehicle upon any of the streets in the Township for longer than necessary in order to sell therefrom to persons residing in the immediate vicinity.
D. 
Park any vehicle upon any of the streets in the Township for the purpose of sorting, rearranging or cleaning any of his goods, wares or merchandise or of disposing of any carton, wrapping material or of any stock or wares of foodstuffs which have become unsalable though handling, age or otherwise.
E. 
Engage in any business activity prohibited in the Township of Ferguson by general or special law applicable thereto.
F. 
Engage in any house-to-house activity, except by prior appointment, at any time on a Sunday or legal holiday or at any time before 9:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. on any day of the week other than a Sunday or legal holiday.
[Ord. 100, 4/13/1976, § 6]
The Township Manger shall supervise the activities of all persons holding licenses under this Part, and he shall keep a record of all license issued hereunder, and shall make a report thereof each month to the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 100, 4/13/1976, § 7]
The Manager is hereby authorized to suspend or revoke any license issued under this Part when he deems such suspension to be beneficial to the public health, safety or morals, or for violation of any of the provisions of this Part, or forgiving false information upon any application for a license here under. Appeals from any suspension or revocation may be made to the Board of Supervisors at any time within 10 days after such suspension or revocation. No part of a license fee shall be refunded to any person whose license shall have been suspended or revoked.
[Ord. 100, 4/13/1976, § 8; as amended by Ord. 820, 12/8/2003]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Part shall, for every such violation, upon conviction thereof in a proceeding commenced before a district justice pursuant to the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedures, be sentenced to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Provided, each day's violation of any of the provisions of this Part shall constitute a separate offense.