[Ord. 7511-22, 11/12/1975]
1. As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
PERSON
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm, or corporation,
except that the definition shall not include any person working without
compensation and selling goods, wares, or merchandise for the sole
benefit of any nonprofit, charitable, civic, or service organization.
TRANSIENT RETAIL MERCHANT
Includes the following:
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(1) Engaging in peddling, selling, canvassing, soliciting, or
taking orders, either by sample or otherwise, for any goods, wares,
or merchandise upon any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public
grounds or from house to house within the Borough of Red Lion.
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(2) Selling, soliciting, or taking orders for any goods, wares,
or merchandise from a fixed location within the Borough on a temporary
basis, which may include but not be limited to such activities conducted
at the time of special occasions or celebrations, for seasonal purposes
or for or in advance of particular yearly holidays.
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2. In this Part, the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter;
the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include
the singular.
[Ord. 7511-22, 11/12/1975; as amended by Ord. 12/14/1977,
12/14/1977; and by Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997, § 193-2]
1. No person shall act as a transient retail merchant in the Borough
of Red Lion without first obtaining from the Borough office a license
for which a fee, as set from time to time by resolution of the Borough
Council, which shall be for the use of the Borough, shall be charged.
2. No license fee shall be charged under this section to farmers selling
their own produce; for the sales of foods, wares, and merchandise
donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds whereof are to be applied
to any charitable or philanthropic purpose; or to any manufacturer
or producer in the sale of bread and bakery products, meat, and meat
products or milk and milk products; but all persons exempted hereby
from payment of the license fee shall be required to register with
the Borough office and to obtain a license without fee. Any person
dealing in one or more of the herein above-mentioned exempted categories
and selling other goods, wares, or merchandise not so exempted shall
be subject to the payment of the license fee fixed by this section
for his activities in connection with the sale of goods, wares, and
merchandise not in such exempted categories. Every license issued
under the provisions of this Part shall be issued on an individual
basis to persons engaged in such business; every such individual shall
obtain a separate license issued to him in his name, and the license
fee hereby imposed shall be applicable to every such individual license.
[Ord. 7511-22, 11/12/1975; as amended by Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997,
§ 193-3]
Every person desiring a license under this Part shall first
make application to the Borough office. If such person shall also
be required to obtain a license from any state or county officer,
he shall, when making such application, exhibit a valid license from
such state or county officer. The applicant shall give his name and
address; his previous criminal record, if any; the name of the person
by whom he is employed; the type of goods, wares, and merchandise
he wishes to deal with in such transient retail business; the length
of time for which such license is to be issued; and the type and license
number of the vehicle to be used, if any.
[Ord. 7511-22, 11/12/1975; as amended by Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997,
§ 193-4]
Upon receipt of such application and the prescribed fee, the
Borough office, if it shall find such application in order, shall
issue the license required under this Part. Such license shall contain
the information required to be given on the application therefor.
Every license holder shall carry such license upon his person, if
engaged in a transient retail business from house to house or upon
any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public grounds, or shall
display such license at the location where he shall engage in such
business if doing so from a fixed location. He shall exhibit such
license, upon request, to all police officers, Borough officials,
and citizens and residents of the Borough.
[Ord. 7511-22, 11/12/1975]
1. No transient retail merchant shall:
A. Sell any product or type or product not mentioned in his license.
B. Engage in such transient retail business before 9:00 a.m. or after
7:00 p.m. nor anytime on Sunday.
C. Use any loudspeaker or horn or any other device for announcing his
presence by which the public may be annoyed.
[Ord. 7511-22, 11/12/1975; as amended by Ord. 868-24, 8/13/1986;
by Ord. 9111-13, 11/13/1991; and by Ord. 2004-03-02, 3/16/2004]
The Mayor, Borough Manager, or Codes Enforcement Officer is
authorized to suspend or revoke any license granted under this Part
when he deems the suspension or revocation, as the case may be, to
be beneficial to the public health, safety, or morals or for violation
of any provision of this Part or for giving false information upon
any application made to the Borough under this Part. In the event
that a person's license is suspended or revoked, all other licenses
issued to persons soliciting or selling on behalf of that person or
that person's employer or sponsoring person, firm, or corporation
may also be revoked by the Mayor, Borough Manager, or Codes Enforcement
officer if they believe such action is in the best interest of the
public. Appeal from any suspension or revocation may be made to the
Borough Council at any time within 10 days after the suspension or
revocation. No part of a license fee shall be refunded to any person
whose license is suspended or revoked.
[Ord. 7511-22, 11/12/1975; as amended by Ord. 9711-6, 11/12/1997,
§ 193-7; and by Ord. 2009-09-02, 9/14/2009]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to 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 30 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.