[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Cheltenham 12-20-1977 as Ord. No. 1427.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Soliciting and transient vendors — See Ch. 251.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases shall
be construed throughout this chapter to have the meanings herein set forth:
The Board of Commissioners.
Includes natural persons, individuals, corporations, eleemosynary,
philanthropic, charitable or religious institutions or nonprofit corporations,
homeowner associations, unincorporated associations, partnerships and joint
ventures who or which are owners of real estate within the township, their
equitable owners, any agents, servants, workmen or employees thereof or independent
contractors thereof.
Includes yard sale, garage sale, sidewalk sale, auction, rummage
sale, attic sale or any other activity by which a person or persons not engaged
in such sales as a commercial activity shall display items of personalty to
other persons and invite the bidding or purchase thereof by said persons.
Restriction on handbills or signs. Any signs or handbills placed within
the township relating to a sale shall be subject to the following restrictions:
A.
Time of placement. The handbills or signs shall not be
publicly placed within the township any earlier than two (2) weeks prior to
the date scheduled for sale.
B.
Location. No handbills or signs shall be placed upon
private property of another without written consent having first been had
or secured, and no sign or handbill may be posted upon the private property
of another on more than one (1) occasion per year.
C.
List of locations. In the event that signs or handbills
are employed, the person conducting the sale shall provide a list of all locations
within the township where signs were placed.
D.
Manner of affixing. No handbills or signs shall be permitted
which are affixed in any way to utility poles or within any street or public
right-of-way.
No person shall conduct more than two (2) sales on a specific property
within residentially zoned districts in the township during any calendar year.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, by summary proceedings, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) and the costs of the prosecution;
provided, however, that each day's violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to enlarge the uses permitted within Chapter 295, Zoning, as it may be amended.
