[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mount Holly Springs as Ch. XIII, Part 1 of the 1979 Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PEDDLER
Any person who shall engage in peddling, as hereinbelow defined.
PEDDLING
Engaging in direct selling at retail of any goods, wares or merchandise, or in canvassing, soliciting or taking orders therefor, either by sample or otherwise, upon any of the streets or sidewalks, or from house to house, within the Borough of Mount Holly Springs.
B. 
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall engage in peddling within the Borough without first having registered at the Borough Office his name and place of residence as well as any other pertinent information requested by the Borough pertaining to the person, firm or corporation by whom or by which he is employed, and the type of goods, wares or merchandise he proposes to peddle within the Borough. Registration shall be made in person by and on behalf of each individual proposing to engage in peddling. At the time of registration, each person desiring to engage in peddling shall pay to the Borough, for the use of the Borough, a license fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, the amount of which shall be determined by the length of time such person desires to engage in peddling within the Borough. Upon completion of registration and payment of the license fee by a peddler, such peddler shall be furnished by the Borough with a registration certificate which shall be valid for the length of time stated thereon and which shall be carried upon the person of such peddler at all times when he shall be engaged in peddling within the Borough. Upon request of any resident or officer of the Borough, such peddler shall exhibit his registration certificate to such person. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in peddling within the Borough without having in his possession a valid and unexpired registration certificate made out in his name.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to: 1) farmers selling their own produce; 2) the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds whereof are to be used by any charitable or philanthropic organization which shall be duly registered as such with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and which organization or representative has produced evidence of such registration to the Borough Office and has registered (without fee) pursuant to § 385-2 above; 3) any manufacturer or producer in the sale of bread and bakery products, meat and meat products or milk and milk products; 4) any person or individual that is merely proselytizing for either religious or political purposes, distributing religious or political handbills at no cost, or exercising the right to anonymous religious or political speech without soliciting any funds and without selling any goods or soliciting for contributions.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough correctional facility for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County.