This chapter shall be known as the "Lancaster Township Peddling
and Soliciting Ordinance."
The following words, when used in this chapter, shall have the
following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
LEGAL HOLIDAYS
New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Day, and Christmas
Day.
PEDDLE
To sell or offer for sale any goods, merchandise, commodities
or services for immediate delivery which the person selling or offering
the items carries with him in traveling, or has in his possession
or control, in, upon or along any public street or alley or public
place within the Township or by going from house to house within the
Township for such purpose.
PERSON
Any natural person, association, corporation, firm, partnership,
organization, or other legal entity.
SELL
Any interaction that primarily proposes a commercial transaction.
SOLICIT
To seek funds or contributions or to seek or take contracts
or orders for any goods, merchandise, commodities or services for
future delivery in, upon or along any public street or alley or public
place within the Township or by going from house to house within the
Township for such purpose.
TOWNSHIP
Lancaster Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
This chapter shall not create liability on the part of the Township
or any officer or employee thereof for any damages that result from
reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision lawfully made
hereunder.
The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any sentence,
clause, or section of this chapter is for any reason found to be unconstitutional,
illegal, or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality, or invalidity
shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences,
clauses, or sections of this chapter. It is hereby declared to be
the intent of the Board of Supervisors that this chapter would have
been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid sentence,
clause, or section not been included herein.