Hereafter, no person, group, business, corporation or entity
shall conduct or solicit business within the Borough of Pine Beach,
County of Ocean, unless and until such person, group, business, corporation
or entity first obtains a license for that purpose. The applicant
for the license shall pay a fee as prescribed by the Borough of Pine
Beach, and may not conduct business until the fee is paid and the
license is secured. In addition, all persons, groups, businesses,
corporations or entities conducting surveys must provide proper identification
by reporting to and registering with the Pine Beach Police Department
on the date or dates proposed for canvassing or soliciting (before
undertaking the canvassing or soliciting) within the Borough of Pine
Beach.
The license fee to be paid for the license prescribed by this
chapter is hereby fixed and determined at the sum of $50 per annum.
All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall
become effective upon the day of their issuance and expire on the
31st day of December in the year in which such licenses are issued.
No rebate or apportionment of the license fee shall be allowed because
of the previous expiration of any portion of the calendar year in
which said license is issued.
Licenses issued to any person, group, business, corporation
or entity under the provisions of this chapter shall not be assignable
or transferable.
Every licensee hereunder or, in the case of a corporation, then
the person actually in charge of the business carried on under such
license, shall have such license certificate in his or her possession
at all times when carrying on the business thereby authorized and
shall produce such license certificate for inspection upon the request
of any Borough official or officer.
It shall be the duty of any and every police officer of the
Borough of Pine Beach to enforce the provisions of this chapter and
require any person, group, business or entity seen canvassing who
is known by such officer to be duly licensed to produce their license.
Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
may be revoked by the Borough Council of the Borough of Pine Beach,
in the County of Ocean, if it shall be shown that the licensee has
refused to exhibit a valid license certificate upon request or has
been guilty of any fraudulent or unfair dealings or has misrepresented
any goods or merchandise offered for sale or who shall habitually
violate the provisions of any of the ordinances in force in the Borough
of Pine Beach or the laws of the State of New Jersey. In any such
case, such charges shall be in writing and a copy thereof served upon
such licensee, together with at least five days' notice of the
time and place when and where said Borough Council will hear and determine
the matter.
Any person, groups, firms, businesses, corporations or entities
who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to one or more of the following: a
fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for a period not exceeding
90 days or community service for a period not exceeding 90 days for
each and every offense.