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Editor’s Note: This Part was enacted as Exhibit A of Ord. 265, 9/17/2007, which provides, in pertinent part:
"Section 2: Peddlers. To provide for licenses, permits and general business regulations for peddlers within Wrightstown Township, provisions on the attached Exhibit “A”, entitled “Peddlers” are hereby enacted and incorporated herein by reference."
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
That from and after the effective date of this Part, it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, partnership, firm organization or corporation(s) to solicit funds for any charitable purpose or for any other purpose whatsoever, or (b) to solicit orders or vend, peddle, or hawk any articles, either in a public place or places, or by entering in or upon private property within the boundaries of Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, without first having registered and obtained an identification card from the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator, except that this section shall not apply to farmers selling their own products, nor to any manufacturer or producer selling or distributing bread or bakery products, meat and meat products or milk and dairy products, nor to commercial travelers or sales representatives selling to dealers or retailers in the usual course of business. This Part shall not apply to such events as Halloween or home garage sales. This Part shall not apply to political candidates who are campaigning for public office.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
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Every person, persons, partnership, firm or corporation who seeks to register for the purpose of soliciting funds shall furnish the following information, verified by oath or affirmation, to the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator at the time of making application for the required identification card or cards. A separate identification card shall be required for each person soliciting in Wrightstown Township.
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Full name of the registrant, and local address, if any.
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Permanent address.
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The registrant's sex, color, height, weight, and color of hair and eyes.
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A statement as to whether or not the registrant has ever been convicted of any crime, and if so, when, where, the nature of the offense and punishment or penalty imposed thereof. This statement shall be submitted for each person to whom an identification card is to be issued.
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If a charitable organization, a statement of the purpose of the charity and the purpose for which the solicited funds will be used. A copy of the charity's certificate of registration under solicitation law from the federal government or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be attached.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
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Every person, persons, partnership, firm or corporation who seeks to register for the purpose of taking orders, vending, peddling or disposing of any articles shall furnish the following information, verified by oath or affirmation, to the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator at the time of making application for the required identification card or cards. A separate identification card shall be required for each person taking order, vending, peddling or disposing of any articles in Wrightstown Township.
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Full name of the registrant, and local address, if any.
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Permanent address.
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Date of birth and Social Security number.
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The registrant's sex, color, height, weight, and color of hair and eyes.
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A statement as to whether or not the registrant has ever been convicted of any crime, and if so, when, where, the nature of the offense and punishment or penalty imposed thereof. This statement shall be submitted for each person to whom an identification card is to be issued.
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If different from that of registrant, the name and address of the firm or corporation for or on whose behalf the orders are solicited, or the supplier of the goods involved.
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The nature of the goods, wares, or merchandise offered for sale.
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The registrant(s) shall also submit to a photograph taken by the Police Department so as to be attached permanently to the identification card issued by the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
Upon satisfactorily furnishing the information required under § 13-402 or 13-403, aforesaid, the applicant shall be registered by the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator in a book of registration maintained for that purpose, but such registration shall not be effective for 48 hours, during which time the Police Department may investigate the applicant. Upon the expiration of this forty-eight-hour period, if the applicant meets all legal requirements, as set forth in §§ 13-402 and 13-403, the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator shall issue an identification card or cards bearing an identification number, to the applicant(s) as provided in § 13-406.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
Upon approval of the application(s) set forth in the preceding section, the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator shall issue an identification card, bearing the name of the individual, the firm or charitable organization he/she represents, the goods, wares, merchandise to be peddled or the funds to be solicited for, his/her address, sex, color, height, weight, color of hair and eyes and said identification card shall display a Police Department photograph of the registrant. Possession of an identification card shall not permit trespass on private property.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
Upon approval of the application(s) set forth in the preceding sections, the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator shall notify all applicants of said approval and advise said applicant of the following fees: All persons, partnerships, firms, organizations or corporations soliciting orders, vending, peddling or hawking any articles within the boundaries of Wrightstown Township shall pay a fee for each identification card holder and the said fee shall be payable to the Township of Wrightstown in an amount established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors which may be amended by resolution from time to time. Said fee as established by the Board of Supervisors shall be for a one-year period for each individual identification card holder. This section shall exclude fees for groups such as Boy/Girl Scouts and paperboys/girls.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
Any identification card issued under the terms of this Part may be revoked at any time by the said Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator if the applicant furnished false information in his/her application or if the applicant is arrested for a crime involving moral turpitude after the issuance of such identification card or if the applicant is arrested for disorderly conduct, in violation of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5503.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
All identification cards, if and when issued by the said Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator shall bear an expiration date affixed by the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator but the said registrant may make application for a new identification card to be issued at any time after the expiration date of an identification card he/she has previously held.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
All identification cards, if and when issued by the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator, shall bear the signature of the issuing authority, the Code Enforcement Officer or Township Administrator.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
It shall be unlawful for any person(s) to solicit funds or to take order for or vend, peddle, hawk, or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise within the boundaries of Wrightstown Township, with the exception of those persons mentioned in § 13-401 of this Part, without having in his/her possession the identification card hereinbefore mentioned.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
The Wrightstown Township Board of Supervisors shall post appropriate signs at specific locations where they can be observed by all who enter the boundaries of the Township of Wrightstown and said signs shall be of such height, color, and lettering so as to advise the traveling public that the Township of Wrightstown is a zoned community and all solicitors must obtain a permit.
[Ord. 265, 9/17/2007]
Any person soliciting for any organization, or any person offering for sale or vending, hawking, peddling any goods, wares or merchandise without first having registered and obtained the identification card aforesaid or any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge 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 less than $35 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 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.