[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 1]
Includes or mean any one or more of the following meanings,
for the purpose of this Part:
Seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise,
foodstuffs, services of any kind, character or description whatever.
Seeking to obtain subscriptions to books, magazines, periodicals,
newspapers and any or every other type of publication.
Seeking to obtain gifts or contributions of money, clothing,
property of any kind, or any other valuable thing for the support
or benefit of any project or any social, religious or political organization
or other kind of association or organization whatever.
Seeking to secure membership of the residents or citizens of
the Borough in any social, religious or political organization.
Seeking information relative to the economic, social, religious
or political status or preference or of information regarding names,
numbers, addresses of residents, or their status in any respect, whether
to be used as raw or refined data in any document, book, record or
directory or to be sold or used, wholly or in part for any commercial
purpose or for the records of any social, religious or political organization.
Distribution of any advertising matter or informational material
by pamphlet, or by single sheet or by book or other method or distribution
for advertising purpose of any kind for goods or merchandise.
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person or association or organization
to engage in activity of canvassing or soliciting either from door
to door or upon the streets or sidewalks of the Borough of Beaver,
whether individually or in a group or by the maintenance of a booth
or stand, unless such person, organization or association shall have
first applied for a license or permit for such activity and registered
the information hereinafter required in the office of the Police Department
of the Borough.
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 3]
1.
Application for a license or permit to canvass or solicit within
the Borough of Beaver shall be made to the Chief of Police, at the
Police Department of the Borough at least 20 days prior to the proposed
effective date of the license. The application shall disclose the
following information:
A.
Name(s), address(es) and headquarters of the applicant(s) and similar
information regarding the employer or principal for whom the applicant
is to act.
B.
If the application is made by or for an association, organization
or any artificial person, the information given shall include the
name of such organization, its address, principal officer and his
address, the nature and purpose of the organization and under what
state it was legally organized.
C.
The purpose for which the canvass or solicitation is made and the
use and disposition to be made of the information being required.
D.
Names, addresses and social security numbers of the persons who will
actually conduct the canvass or solicitation or who direct the same
or who are promoting it.
E.
A physical description of each actual solicitor or a picture of such
person.
F.
Description of the goods, wares, merchandise, books, magazines, periodicals,
newspapers and every type of product to be distributed or sold.
G.
The proposed method of operation, length of time to be used and the
date or time when the solicitation shall end or the term for which
it is to be conducted; the method of conduct of the solicitation,
whether by door to door or from booths or other headquarters.
H.
The application shall contain a promise that the license will not
be used or represented in any way as an endorsement by the Borough
or any officer or department thereof.
I.
The application shall be signed by the applicant.
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 4]
1.
Upon said
application being completed and signed by the applicant, a license
or permit to canvass or solicit shall issue to the applicant in the
form of a certificate, numbered, dated and authorizing the solicitation
either from door to door or from a booth or stand or other headquarters,
setting forth the term for which it issues, in hours or days, and
the date or time on which the certificate expires.
2.
Every
person, association or organization who applies for a license or permit
to canvass or solicit under this Part thereby consents to and authorizes
a criminal record check by the Beaver Police Department.
[Added by Ord. No. 826, 5/9/2017]
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 5]
1.
The licensee shall furnish for himself and for any other person who
will actually conduct the canvass or solicitation, identification
either in the form of a badge which shall clearly disclose:
A.
The name of the solicitor or canvasser.
B.
The name of the licensed person or organization for whom the solicitor
works.
C.
The purpose of the activity.
D.
A statement that a resident or citizen of the Borough of Beaver who
is approached in the solicitation/canvass is not required to purchase
or accept any goods or merchandise or advertising or information offered,
nor is he required to give any information to the solicitor/canvasser
if he does not so desire.
2.
Such card or badge shall at the request of a police officer be presented
for examination. It shall also be exhibited to the resident or citizen
who shall be given sufficient opportunity to read the same.
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 6]
The Police Department shall keep a complete record of all applications,
identifying pictures presented and all other information received
and shall preserve a numbered copy of the certificate showing the
license or permit.
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 7]
The Chief of Police may revoke any license or permit if the
holder or any of his agents or employees violates any provision of
this Part or has made false statement in any part of the application.
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 8]
No solicitation or canvass shall be held between the hours of
9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., prevailing time, nor shall any be conducted
after the termination date of the certificate or after it has been
revoked.
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 9]
1.
No license or permit shall be required of:
A.
Any farmer selling or peddling his own produce.
B.
Children under 18 years of age selling or delivering candy, bakery
products and the like, or any person delivering newspapers.
C.
Any bona fide news gathering activity by local or metropolitan newspapers.
D.
Any solicitation or canvasser for any governmental unit either local,
state or federal.
E.
Any solicitation of information by a legally constituted telephone
company operating in the Borough.
[Ord. 628, 8/13/1985, § 10, as amended by Ord.
740, 2/10/2004]
Before a license or permit may be issued, the applicant must
pay the fee therefor, as prescribed in a schedule established by resolution
of the Borough Council.
