[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 1]
1. 
Definitions.
PEDDLER
Any person who shall engage in peddling as hereinabove defined.
PEDDLING
The selling or offering for sale of any goods, wares, services or merchandise for immediate delivery, which the person selling or offering for sale carries with him in traveling, or has in his possession or control, upon any of the streets or sidewalks, from house to house, by visitation to private residences, or by entering in or upon private property within the Township of Hunlock, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm, organization or corporation.
SOLICITING
The seeking or taking of contracts or orders for any goods, wares, services or merchandise for future delivery, or for subscriptions or contributions, upon any of the streets or sidewalks, from house to house, by visitation in private residences, or by entering in or upon private property, within the Township of Hunlock, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
SOLICITOR
Any person who shall engage in soliciting as hereinabove defined.
2. 
In this Part, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter
3. 
Exceptions: The words "soliciting" and "peddling" shall not apply to:
A. 
Farmers seeking or taking orders for the sale of their own farm products.
B. 
The seeking or taking of orders from any manufacturer or producer for the sale of bread and bakery products, meat and meat products or milk and milk products.
C. 
The sale of goods, wares and merchandise donated by the owner(s) thereof, the proceeds whereof are to be applied to any charitable or philanthropic purpose.
D. 
Any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine of the military service who complies with the Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of 1867, April 8, P.L. 50, as amended, who procures from the Prothonotary of the proper county a certificate in pursuance of the Act of the Assembly;
E. 
The seeking or taking of orders by insurance agents or brokers, licensed under the insurance laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for insurance;
F. 
Persons, corporations, partnerships and associations, their agents or employees, who have complied with the provisions of the Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of 1935, P.L. 644, as amended, governing solicitations for charitable, benevolent, patriotic or other purposes; or
G. 
Any person taking orders for merchandise from dealers or merchants, for resale to an ultimate consumer.
H. 
Acts which would ordinarily be soliciting or peddling under this chapter engaged in by persons acting primarily for or on behalf of church, religious or religious related purposes where the monies or articles collected will go primarily for church or religious related or sponsored purposes or programs and not primarily for commercial gain.
I. 
Acts which would ordinarily be soliciting or peddling under this chapter engaged in by persons acting primarily for or on behalf of a youth development or youth aid group where the monies or articles collected will go primarily for the purposes of youth development or youth aid and not primarily for commercial gain.
J. 
Any person(s) seeking to assert an exemption or exception under the provisions of § 13-101, Subsection 3A to I, herein shall bear the burden of proving such exemption or exception as it applies to his particular circumstances.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 2]
No person shall engage in soliciting or peddling in the Township of Hunlock, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, without first having taken out a license as herein provided. Further, pursuant to 53 P.S. 66801:
"Every person, whether principal or agent, entering into, beginning, or desiring to begin, a transient retail business in Hunlock Township for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever, and who hires, leases, occupies, or uses any room, apartment, store, shop, building, railway car or other place or structure for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares or merchandise, shall take out a license for the same under the provisions and subject to the penalties of this chapter, provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall apply to farmers selling their own produce, or to any sale of goods, wares, or merchandise, donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds whereof are to be applied to any charitable or philanthropic purpose."
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 3]
1. 
Every person desiring to engage in soliciting or peddling in the Township of Hunlock, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, shall first make written application to the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors for a license. If such person shall also be required to obtain a license from any County office, he shall, on making such application, exhibit a valid County license. The application shall be upon a blank provided by the Hunlock Township Secretary and shall contain at least the following information:
A. 
Full name of the applicant and local address and telephone number, if any.
B. 
Permanent address and telephone number.
C. 
Name and address and telephone number of employer or a statement that such applicant is self-employed.
D. 
The nature of the goods, wares, services, or merchandise offered for sale or for which orders are being solicited.
E. 
Statement as to whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of any crime, and if the answer is in the affirmative, the nature of the offense or offenses and the punishment or punishments imposed thereon.
F. 
The type and license number of vehicles to be used, if any.
G. 
Upon request, the applicant shall furnish a photograph.
H. 
The precise days, dates and times during which the peddling or soliciting shall be engaged in and by how many people, and where in Hunlock Township.
I. 
The names, addresses and telephone numbers of two reputable citizens who will vouch for the applicant's good character.
2. 
Where a person makes application for himself and one or more helpers, all applicable personal information specified above shall be given for each helper and verified or affirmed by oath or affirmation by him, and an individual license shall be required for each helper. No license under this Part shall be transferable from one person to another.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 4; as amended by Ord. 1/18/2001G, 1/18/2001, § 104]
No license shall be issued under this Part until the sum of $25 shall be paid to the Hunlock Township Secretary for the use of Hunlock Township. A separate permit fee shall be paid by each person who shall actually conduct, assist or aid in the soliciting or peddling, and shall apply where an employer desires to secure licenses for his employees, agents or servants or representatives.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 5; as amended by Ord. 1/18/2001G, 1/18/2001, § 105]
The license granted pursuant to this Part shall be valid for 14 days after the date of issuance of such license and, upon the expiration of any license, if the person holding the same shall desire to continue or renew soliciting or peddling, he shall be required to file a new application for a permit and pay a new license fee. Such license may be issued, in advance, for consecutive thirty-day periods not exceeding 12 in number, upon payment, in advance of the $25 license fee for each fourteen-day period provided in § 13-104.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 6]
Such license, when issued, shall state, inter alia, the products to be sold, peddled or solicited, or services to be rendered by the licensee. Every solicitor or peddler shall at all times, when engaged in soliciting or peddling in Hunlock Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, carry such license upon his person and shall exhibit it upon request of all police officers, Hunlock Township officials and citizens. No solicitor or peddler shall engage in soliciting or peddling any products or services not mentioned on such license, and on the application form initially submitted to the Secretary of the Hunlock Township Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 7]
No person licensed as a solicitor or peddler under this Part shall engage in soliciting or peddling on any day of the week before 9:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m., during the time of the year when Eastern Standard Time is effective. The aforesaid hours shall be Eastern Standard Time, and during the time of the year when Daylight Saving Time is effective, the aforesaid hours shall be Daylight Saving Time.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 8]
No person licensed as a solicitor or peddler under this Part shall intentionally park any vehicle upon any of the streets, highways or alleys of the Township of Hunlock in order to sort, arrange, rearrange, organize or clean any of his goods, wares, services or merchandise. No such person shall intentionally place or deposit any refuse on any such streets, highways or alleys. (No such person shall intentionally maintain or keep a street or curbstone market, that is to say no person shall intentionally park any vehicle, cart, wagon or stand upon any street or alley in Hunlock Township for any longer than necessary in order to sell therefrom to persons residing in the immediate vicinity.)
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 9]
No person licensed as a solicitor or peddler under this Part shall occupy any fixed location upon any of the streets, the sidewalks or the streets, highways, alleys or sidewalks of Hunlock Township for the purpose of soliciting or peddling with or without any stand or counter.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 10]
No person licensed as a solicitor or peddler under this Part shall intentionally hawk or cry his wares or services upon any of the streets or sidewalks of Hunlock Township, nor shall be use any loud speaker, amplifier, whistle or other sound device for announcing or calling attention to his presence by which the public is annoyed, frightened, alarmed or affronted.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 11; as amended by Ord. 85-1, 3/5/1985]
The Secretary of Hunlock Township shall keep a record of all licenses issued under this Part. The Secretary of Hunlock Township shall supervise the activities of all holders of such licenses, and make a written report thereof each month to the Board of Supervisors of Hunlock Township at the regularly scheduled Township meeting.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 12]
Any license issued under this Part may be suspended at any time by the Secretary of Hunlock Township for violation of any of the provisions of this Part, or for the giving of false or misleading information on any application for a license hereunder or for the applicant or licensee having been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude after issuance of such license or for the licensee having been convicted of disorderly conduct under any law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any ordinance of Hunlock Township. Appeals from suspension must be made in writing to the Board of Supervisors of Hunlock Township through the Township Secretary at any time within the 10 days after notice of such suspension to the licensee. No part of a license fee shall be refunded to any person whose license shall have been suspended. Notice of suspension may be given in any manner reasonably calculated to apprise the licensee of the suspension of the license.
[Ord. 1-1975, 4/1/1975, § 14; as amended by Ord. 85-1, 3/5/1985; and by Ord. 2-1997, 8/28/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, 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 not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.