It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
in activity as a canvasser, peddler or solicitor, calling at residences
within the Township without the previous consent of the occupant for
the purpose of soliciting orders, sales, subscriptions or business
of any kind or seeking information or donations, without first having
registered in the office of a Township officer to be determined by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors to be passed at the time of
adoption of this chapter, as may be amended from time to time by similar
resolution. The registrant shall truthfully give his complete identification,
his signature and the name of his employer, the nature of the products
or services in which he is interested, the names of the manufacturers
or suppliers of such products, and the organization which he is representing
and the proposed method of operation in the Township.
At the time of application, each registrant
shall pay to said Township officer for the use of the Township a registration
fee, to be set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Each applicant, upon provision of the information required in §
336-2 hereof and payment of the fee provided in §
336-3 hereof, shall be furnished a certificate indicating registration, which certificate shall be effective for a period of 30 days from the date of issuance thereof. Each person shall at all times while soliciting or canvassing in the Township carry upon his person the registration certificate, and the same shall be exhibited by such registrant whenever he is required to do so by any police officer or by the person solicited.
[Amended 6-10-2003 by Ord. No. 03-02]
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to officers or employees of Upper Hanover Township, the Upper Hanover
Authority, Montgomery County, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or
the United States of America when on official business, nor shall
it apply to persons engaged in political or religious advocacy.
Upon due notice, and after affording opportunity
to be heard, any such registration may be revoked by the Township
because of any violation by the registrant of the terms of this chapter
or any other ordinance of the Township or of any statute of the commonwealth
or United States of America.
The practice of going in and upon private residences
in the Township by solicitors, peddlers and canvassers not having
been requested or invited so to do by the owner or owners, occupant
or occupants of said private residences for the purpose of soliciting
orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise and/or for the
purpose of disposing of and/or peddling or hawking the same, without
the certificate required by this chapter, is hereby declared to be
illegal.
No person shall engage in activity as a canvasser,
peddler or solicitor, calling at residences without the previous consent
of the occupants for the purpose of soliciting orders, sales, subscriptions
or business of any kind or seeking information or donations, on Sundays
or after the hour of 7:00 p.m. prevailing time. Further, such activity
shall not be conducted in any manner as to result in a breach of the
peace of the Township and the occupants thereof.
Any person who violates any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be subject, upon conviction before a Magisterial
District Judge, to pay a fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution
and, in default of the payment of such fine and costs, imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than five days.