[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
It shall be unlawful for any peddler, canvasser or solicitor as defined in §
13-102 of this Part to engage in any such business within the Township of Ross without first obtaining a license therefore in compliance with the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
The application for license shall be approved or denied by the Township Manager within five business days of submission. Approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. If approved, the license shall have fixed upon it one photograph of the applicant over which shall be impressed the official seal of the Township of Ross. If the application for license is denied for any reason, the applicant may appeal the decision to the Board of Commissioners as provided in §
13-106 of this Part.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
In the event that an application for a license is disapproved
by the Township Manager, the applicant may, within five days of the
denial, appeal the decision to the Board of Commissioners, which shall
set a time and place for a hearing. This hearing shall be held within
30 days after the appeal is taken by applicant, at which hearing the
applicant will be given opportunity to present reasons why the license
should be issued. The decision of the Board of Commissioners shall
be made within 10 days of the appeal hearing.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
Every peddler or solicitor shall, at all times while engaged
in peddling or soliciting in Ross Township, carry such license upon
his person. The license shall be attached in a conspicuous location
on the outer most layer of apparel and visible to the public, police
officers or other enforcement officers of the Township.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
Permits shall be valid for a period of 15 days and may be renewed
prior to expiration upon the completion of a new application and payment
of the applicable fee, provided all the requirements of this Part
are met.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
No person shall canvass, solicit, distribute circulars or other
matter or call from house-to-house or place-to-place in the Township
of any person who has specifically requested that peddlers and solicitors
not solicit such persons at any time. The Township Manager, or his
designee, shall provide a list of all persons and their addresses
who have specifically requested that peddlers and solicitors not solicit
such persons at any time.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
No licensee or any person in his behalf, shall shout, cry out,
blow a horn, ring a bell or use any sound or amplifying device upon
any of the streets of Ross Township or upon private premises for the
purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares or merchandise
which such licensee proposes to sell.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
No license issued under the provisions of §
13-105 shall be used at any time by any person other than the one to whom it was issued.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
Concurrently with the submission of the peddler and solicitor
application, the applicant shall pay a fee in an amount as established
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment no to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. 2288, 4/12/2010]
If a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction holds
any provision or wording of this Part, or the application of the provision
or wording to other circumstances illegal or unconstitutional, the
remainder shall remain in full force and effect. The intent is that
the provisions of this Part shall be severable and that this Part
would have been adopted if any such illegal or unconstitutional provisions
or wording had not been included.
[Ord. 2068, 8/12/2002, § 201; as amended by Ord.
2288, 4/12/2010]
1. Any resident of the Township of Ross not wanting to be visited or
called upon at home by transient merchants or solicitors for contributions,
gifts or pledges of money or other items or things of value nor to
be the subject of religious proselytizing, the distribution of hand
bills or the recipient of political speech may register at the office
of the Secretary-Manager of the Township of Ross (or his designee)
on a list of the residents/registrants of the Township who do not
want to be visited or solicited at their homes for such purposes in
the following manner:
A. The residents shall either personally appear, or in form supplied
by the Secretary-Manager of the Township (or his designee) register
with the Secretary-Manager (or his designee) advising that said resident
does not want transient merchants and/or solicitors, hand bill distributors,
political speech makers or religious proselytizers to call at their
home.
B. The Secretary/Manager (or his designee) shall keep on file at all
times a registration book showing the names and addresses of the residents
of the Township who have registered as not wanting such activity at
their homes.
C. Said resident, in addition, shall be furnished a sticker by the Secretary-Manager
(or his designee) which may be affixed upon the resident's property
in a conspicuous place.
D. Any person violating the "no solicitation" directive may, at the
instance of the resident be charged with "defiant trespass" before
the magisterial district judge having jurisdiction and be subject
to a penalty pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.