No person shall engage in soliciting or peddling
in the Township of Upper Providence without first having taken out
a license as herein provided.
Every person desiring to engage in soliciting
or peddling in Upper Providence Township shall first make application
to the Township for a license. Said application shall be upon a blank
provided by the Township and shall contain at least the following
information verified by oath or affirmation:
A. The full name
of the applicant and local address, if any.
B. The applicant's
permanent address.
C. The name of the
applicant's employer or a statement that such applicant is self-employed.
D. The nature of
the goods, wares, services or merchandise offered for sale.
E. A statement as
to whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of any crime
and, if the answer is in the affirmative, the nature of the offense
or offenses and the punishment imposed.
F. The type of vehicle
to be used, if any.
G. Upon request,
the applicant shall also submit to fingerprinting and furnish a photograph,
provided that:
(1) Where a person
makes application for himself and one or more helpers, all applicable
personal information specified above shall be given for each helper
and verified or affirmed by oath or affirmation by him, and an individual
license shall be required for each helper. No license under this chapter
shall be transferable from one person to another.
(2) The application
shall be filed at least 15 days prior to the date the solicitation
or peddling is to commence.
The license granted pursuant to this chapter
shall be valid for 30 days after the date of such license. Upon the
expiration of any license, if the person holding the same shall desire
to continue or renew soliciting or peddling, he shall be required
to file a new application for a permit and pay a new license fee.
Such license when issued shall state, inter
alia, the products to be sold or services to be rendered by the licensee.
Every solicitor or peddler shall, at all times when engaged in soliciting
or peddling, carry such license upon his person and shall exhibit
it upon request to all police officers, officials and citizens. No
solicitor or peddler shall engage in selling any product or service
not mentioned on such license.
No person licensed as a solicitor or peddler
under this chapter shall park any vehicle upon any of the streets,
highways or alleys of said Township in order to sort, rearrange or
clean any of his goods, wares, services or merchandise; nor shall
any such person place or deposit any refuse on any streets, highways
or, alleys; nor shall any person maintain or keep a street or curbstone
market by parking any vehicle upon any street or alley in said Township
for longer than necessary in order to sell therefrom to persons residing
in the immediate vicinity.
[Amended 5-6-2019 by Ord.
No. 576]
A person licensed as a solicitor or peddler
under this chapter may engage in the licensed activity beginning at
9:00 a.m. and ending at 30 minutes past dusk, or 8:00 p.m., whichever
first occurs.
Any license issued hereunder may be suspended
or revoked at any time upon proof being furnished to the Township
that the application contained false information or that the applicant
or licensee was convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude after
the issuance of the license or that the licensee was convicted of
disorderly conduct under any law of the commonwealth or any municipal
ordinance.
[Amended 9-17-1990 by Ord. No. 301; at
time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates
or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a
summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge 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 costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant
may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days.
Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense.