Every licensee shall, at all times while engaged in soliciting
and/or peddling in the Township of Muhlenberg, carry such license
upon his person and shall exhibit such license upon request to all
police officers, Township officials and citizens of the Township of
Muhlenberg. No solicitor or peddler shall engage in soliciting or
peddling in any manner which is inconsistent with that mentioned and
described upon such license, nor shall any person use any vehicle
for soliciting or peddling other than the vehicle registered upon
his license.
No person shall engage in soliciting and/or peddling at any
time on Sunday or upon any other day of the week before 9:00 a.m.
or after 7:00 p.m. prevailing time. No person shall engage in canvassing
before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. prevailing time on any day of
the week.
No person engaged in canvassing, soliciting and/or peddling
shall hawk or cry his goods, wares, merchandise, offers, contracts,
services, solicitations, information and/or communications upon any
of the streets or sidewalks of the Township of Muhlenberg, nor shall
he use any loudspeaker or horn or any other device for announcing
his presence or conducting his canvassing, soliciting and/or peddling.
No person engaged in canvassing, soliciting and/or peddling
shall park any vehicle upon any of the streets or alleys of the Township
of Muhlenberg in order to sort, arrange or clean any of his goods,
wares or merchandise, or samples, order books, contracts, circulars,
literature or advertising matter pertaining thereto; nor may any such
person place or deposit any refuse upon any such streets or alleys;
nor may any such person maintain or keep a street or curbstone market
or canvassing, solicitation and/or peddling office by parking any
vehicle upon any such street or alley for longer than is necessary
to canvass, solicit from or peddle to persons residing in the immediate
vicinity.
The Police Department shall keep a complete record of all licenses
issued under this chapter, and it shall monitor the activities of
all licensees within the Township of Muhlenberg during the period
that such license remains in effect.
It shall be unlawful for any person while peddling, soliciting,
or canvassing to knock, ring the doorbell, or otherwise attempt to
gain the attention of the occupant(s) of a residence in the Township
where the owner, occupant, or person legally in charge of the premises
has posted at the primary entrance of the premises, or at the entry
to the principal building on the premises, a Township do-not-solicit
sticker or a sign bearing the words "No Peddlers," "No Solicitation,"
"No Canvassers," or words of similar import.
The following activities are hereby prohibited, unlawful and
declared to be a nuisance:
A. Entering a private residence
or place of business within the Township of Muhlenberg by a canvasser,
solicitor and/or peddler under false pretenses for the purpose of
canvassing, soliciting and/or peddling;
B. Remaining in a private residence
or upon the grounds thereof, or in any place of business or upon the
grounds thereof, after the owner or person lawfully in possession
thereof shall have requested him to leave;
C. Going in and upon the premises
of a private residence or place of business by a canvasser, solicitor
and/or peddler for the purpose of canvassing, soliciting and/or peddling,
when the owner or person lawfully in possession thereof has posted
or displayed a Township do-not-solicit sticker or a "No Soliciting"
sign, or similarly worded sign, upon such premises in a manner and
at such location it is reasonably visible to and can be read by any
potential canvasser, solicitor or peddler;
D. Soliciting or peddling at a residence
on the do-not-solicit list;
E. Fraud or misrepresentation;
F. Conducting soliciting or peddling
contrary to the terms of the license;
G. Conducting soliciting or peddling
without obtaining a license when a license is required; and/or
H. Conducting canvassing in a manner
that threatens the public health, safety and welfare by interfering
with emergency access and free movement on streets, alleys, or sidewalks
of the Township of Muhlenberg.