A. 
As used in this article, certain terms are defined as follows:
FLEA MARKET
Any location where two or more transient retail merchants or transient retail businesses are located for the purposes of principally selling secondhand goods and antiques.
PERSON
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm, organization or corporation.
TEMPORARY BASIS
Any business which operates for less than three days per week on a monthly basis.
TRANSIENT RETAIL BUSINESS
Selling, soliciting or taking orders for any goods, wares or merchandise from a fixed location within the Township, on a temporary basis, which includes, but shall not be limited to, such activities conducted at the time of special occasions or celebrations, for seasonal purposes or for or in advance of specific yearly holidays.
TRANSIENT RETAIL MERCHANT
Every person, whether principal or agent, entering into, beginning or desiring to begin a transient retail business in the Township for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever and who hires, leases, occupies or uses any room, apartment, store, shop, building, vehicles or other place or structure for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares or merchandise.
B. 
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
No person shall engage in a transient retail business in the Township without first having obtained a license as herein provided, except that no license shall be required for the following:
A. 
Farmers selling their own produce.
B. 
The sale of goods, wares and merchandise donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds of which are to be applied to any charitable or philanthropic purpose.
C. 
Any individual employed by or representing a church, Township civic association, scouting organization or school.
D. 
Individuals selling goods, wares and merchandise at a licensed flea market.
A. 
Every person desiring to engage in a transient retail business in the Township shall first make application to the Township Police Department. If such person shall also be required to obtain a license from any county officer, he or she shall, on making such application, exhibit a valid county license.
(1) 
The application shall be upon a blank provided by the Township Police Department and shall contain at least the following information verified by oath or affirmation:
(a) 
Full name of the applicant, local address and phone number, if any.
(b) 
Permanent address.
(c) 
Name of employer with address and phone number or a statement that such applicant is self-employed.
(d) 
The nature of the goods, wares, services or merchandise offered for sale.
(e) 
A 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 therefor.
(f) 
The type of vehicle to be used, if any, with registration and license number.
(g) 
The proposed location for the sale of goods, wares, services or merchandise.
(2) 
Upon request, the applicant shall submit to fingerprinting and furnish a photograph.
B. 
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 article shall be transferable from one person to another.
C. 
All transient retail merchants and businesses shall comply with Chapter 450, Zoning.
Every person desiring to operate a flea market in the Township shall first make application to the Township Police Department providing the information referred to in § 284-15. In addition, the operator of the flea market shall require each individual selling at the flea market to complete an application form upon a blank provided by the Township Police Department which shall contain the information set forth in § 284-15. Such records shall be maintained by the owner or operator of the flea market and shall be available for inspection by the Township.
The sum as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors shall cover the cost of processing the application and the whole or any part of the first day of operation as a retail merchant. The whole or any part of the second day or any subsequent days within the month shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors per day up to a maximum per month as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Transient retail merchant licenses shall be renewed each month. A fee as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors shall be required for each renewal license. The fee starting with the second day, as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, shall also prevail with each renewal.
In lieu of a monthly license, a transient retail merchant license for a calendar year shall be available upon payment of the sum as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Such license shall be renewed annually.
Before any transient retail merchant license is issued, the owner or agent of such property where the transient retail business is to be located shall grant written permission for the transient retail business to be conducted on his property. Permission shall be granted by the property owner to the operator of the transient retail business prior to approval of the application for a transient retail merchant's license.
Transient retail merchant licenses, when issued, shall list the license number, the person or organization to whom it has been issued and the date issued. Every person conducting a transient retail merchant business shall have his transient retail merchant license displayed in a prominent location in the room, apartment, store, shop, building, vehicle or other place or structure where the sale of his goods, wares or merchandise is conducted. No transient retail merchant shall engage in selling any product or service not mentioned on such license.
No person engaged in any transient retail business shall:
A. 
Sell any product or type of product not mentioned on his license;
B. 
Hawk or cry his wares upon any street, alley, sidewalk or public place in the Township or use any sound device, including any loudspeaker or sound-amplifying device upon any street, alley, sidewalk or public place or upon any private premises where sound of sufficient volume is emitted or produced therefrom to be capable of being plainly heard upon any street, alley, sidewalk or public place for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares or merchandise that he proposes to sell;
C. 
Selling from a vehicle upon any street or alley; or
D. 
Engage in such business before 9:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m., except for a flea market, which shall not engage in business before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.
No person engaged in a transient retail business shall:
A. 
Have any exclusive right to any location on any of the streets, alleys or sidewalks in the Township;
B. 
Be permitted a stationary location on any of the streets, alleys or sidewalks in the Township; or
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C. 
Be permitted to operate in a congested area where his operations might impede traffic or inconvenience the public. For the purpose of this section, the judgment of a police officer, exercised in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to whether the area is congested, the traffic impeded or the public inconvenienced.
Licenses issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked by the Township Police Department for any of the following causes:
A. 
Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for license.
B. 
Fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made in the course of carrying on such licensed business.
C. 
Any violation of this article.
D. 
Conviction of any crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
E. 
Conduct of the business in an unlawful manner or in such a manner as to constitute a menace to the health, safety or general welfare of the Township.