The following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated
below. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense shall include the future; words used in the singular shall include
the plural; and words used in the plural shall include the singular.
The word "shall" is always mandatory and "may" is discretionary.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Any of the three fire companies operating in the Township
of Upper Chichester Township: Ogden, Boothwyn, and Reliance.
OWNER
A person holding legal or equitable title in any real estate,
business or equipment.
PERSON
Any individual person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
POLICE
A member of the Police Department of the Township of Upper
Chichester.
RESTORATION SERVICES COMPANY
A person engaged in the business of, or offering any of the
following services for a condemned or fire damaged building, or a
building that has been the subject of other natural or man-made disaster,
restoration; emergency response and/or repairs; boarding of windows,
doors or other openings; and any other related services.
SOLICITATION
The act, at or near the scene of a commercial, industrial
and/or residential fire, or during the occurrence of police and/or
fire operations relating thereto, of seeking, persuading, enticing
or in any way offering assistance of services which have not been
requested by the person solicited.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Upper Chichester.
No person shall offer his services to or be called by the Township, the Police Department or the Fire Department as a restoration services company unless that person is the holder of a current license to perform such work as hereinafter provided. License requirements for a restoration services company are provided in Part II: General Legislation, Chapter
244, Contractors, Article
I, Registration of Contractors, of the Code of Ordinances of the Township of Upper Chichester.
No person and no restoration services company shall engage in
solicitation at a fire scene, or appear and remain at a fire scene,
unless summoned by the owner, tenant, occupier, or other person in
control of the property or a police officer, fire official or the
Township. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the owner, tenant,
occupier or other person in control of real property from utilizing
the restoration service company chosen by the owner, tenant, occupier
or other person in control of the real property.
Any ordinance or part of ordinance, to the extent that it is
inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed.
The provisions of this article are severable, and if any section,
sentence, clause, part, or provision hereof shall be held illegal,
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision shall not affect or impair the remaining sections, sentences,
clauses, parts or provisions of this article. It is hereby declared
to be the intent of the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Upper Chichester that this article would have been adopted if such
illegal, invalid or unconstitutional section, sentence, clause, part
or provision had not been included herein.