[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-1]
A natural person, association, partnership, corporation,
or group of persons formed for a temporary purpose.
A natural person engaging in peddling on behalf of a "business"
as defined herein.
Engaging in any transient retail business within the Borough
for the sale of goods, wares, or merchandise or soliciting, canvassing,
or taking of orders, whether such business shall be conducted from
a fixed private or public location or by persons peddling from house
to house or on the public highways or streets.
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The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall
include the feminine and neuter.
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[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-2]
No peddler shall engage in peddling or use the public ways without
first having received from the Chief of Police or his designee an
identity card, to be visibly displayed on the peddler at all times
during which he is peddling.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-3]
Every business seeking to peddle shall apply to the Chief of
Police or his designee for identity cards for all his peddlers and
the Chief of Police shall issue the same after noting thereon the
name, address, and description of the peddler, the person by whom
employed (with the address of the same) and the period during which
peddling will be conducted.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-4]
1.
Every business seeking to peddle shall apply to the Chief of Police
for a peddling license and shall supply at the time thereof evidence
of any other valid county or state license which the law may require,
except:
A.
Farmers selling only their own produce.
B.
Persons selling goods, wares, and merchandise donated by the owner
thereof, the proceeds of which are to be applied to any charitable
of philanthropic purpose.
C.
Any manufacturer or producer selling only his own bread and bakery
products, meat and meat products, or milk and milk products.
D.
Real estate, insurance, or securities brokers, or employees thereof.
2.
The application shall disclose the business's name, address,
and description; the goods or service to be peddled; the duration
of time for the peddling; previous criminal record, if any; the description
of the vehicle to be used; and if required by the Chief of Police,
fingerprints.
3.
The application shall also disclose the name and address and other
information as required by the Chief of Police for all peddlers who
will actually engage in peddling within the Borough on behalf of the
business making the application.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-5; as amended by Ord.
907, 9/23/1996, § 13-305]
No business required to be licensed shall engage in peddling
until he has been issued a license, and no license shall be issued
except that the public safety, morals, health, and welfare shall not
be impaired thereby and that the following fees shall have been paid
to the Chief of Police. All fees shall be established from time to
time by resolution of Borough Council.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-6; as amended by Ord.
907, 9/23/1996, § 13-306]
A lost identity card and/or license may be reissued for the
balance of the period of the license upon the payment of a fee as
established from time to time by resolution of Borough Council. Upon
expiration or earlier termination, the license and identity cards
shall be returned to the Chief of Police and by him canceled and destroyed.
Any license or identity card defaced or altered shall be invalid thereupon
and not reissued. For the purposes hereof, a stolen license or identity
card shall be deemed defaced or altered.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-7; as amended by Ord.
912, 3/24/1997]
1.
It shall be unlawful for a licensed peddler:
A.
To enter any residence or place of business uninvited, or to remain
thereabout after requested to leave.
B.
To fail to have an identity card and a license on hand and/or exhibit
the same upon demand.
C.
To represent or to imply that the identity card or the license is
an endorsement by the Borough of the peddler or the goods or services
being peddled.
D.
To peddle on any Sunday or legal holiday (or any day observed as
such) at all, and on any other day before 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00
p.m.
E.
To peddle goods or services other than those licensed.
F.
To peddle by hawking, crying, or displaying goods or services upon
any public ways, or to use any device to advertise his/her presence
or his/her goods and services, except that a person or business may
engage in peddling on the public streets at a specific event sanctioned
and approved by Borough Council.
G.
To hawk or cry his/her wares upon any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks,
or public grounds in the Borough of Hatboro, except as provided in
paragraph .F.
H.
To park any vehicle upon any of the streets or alleys in the Borough
of Hatboro for the purpose of sorting, rearranging, or cleaning any
of his/her goods, wares or merchandise or of disposing of any carton,
wrapping materials, or stock, wares or foodstuffs which have become
unsalable through handling, age or otherwise.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-8]
The Chief of Police shall maintain a register of the identity
cards and licenses issued hereunder and keep the same available for
inspection to the public at any time.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-9]
Any license may be suspended or revoked under this or the succeeding
sections and shall not be reinstated except by the Council at any
regular or special meeting.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-10]
The Chief of Police may make such rules and regulations as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 791, 10/26/1987, § 81-11; as amended by Ord.
828, 12/18/1989, § 11; by Ord. 907, 9/23/1996, § 13-311;
and by Ord. 1005, 5/23/2011]
Any business and/or peddler who shall violate any of the provisions
hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default
of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to
exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall
constitute a separate offense.
