As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation,
and the singular shall include the plural.
SOLICITING AND PEDDLING
A.
SOLICITINGCanvassing or taking surveys, the seeking or taking of contracts or orders for any goods, wares or merchandise for future delivery or for subscriptions or contributions, upon any of the streets or sidewalks of or from house to house within the Township of Lower Salford.
B.
PEDDLINGThe selling or offering for sale of any goods, wares or merchandise for immediate delivery, which the person selling or offering for sale carries with him in traveling or has in his possession or control, upon any of the streets or sidewalks of or from house to house within the Township of Lower Salford.
SOLICITOR AND PEDDLER
Any person who shall engage in soliciting or peddling, respectively,
as hereinabove defined.
[Amended 7-3-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-03]
A. No person
shall engage in soliciting or peddling in the Township of Lower Salford
without first registering with the Township Police Department. Persons
so registered shall be permitted to conduct such soliciting and/or
peddling within the Township of Lower Salford insofar as that activity
does not violate private property statutes or normal community standards
of behavior and personal conduct or such statutes governing public
behavior or conduct.
B. A person
advancing religious or political causes and proselytizing with regard
thereto shall be exempt from registration requirements but shall otherwise
be subject to the regulations set forth in this chapter.
Upon completing registration as aforesaid, each
solicitor or peddler shall be issued a receipt indicating he/she has
complied with the requirements under this statute. The solicitor or
peddler shall carry the receipt on his person while he/she is engaged
in such soliciting or peddling and shall show the receipt to any resident
of the Township or any police officer upon request. Receipts are not
transferable.
The Chief of Police or such Police Department
personnel as he may designate shall keep a record of all registrations
made under this chapter, and he or such designate shall supervise
the activities of all holders of registration receipts.
[Amended 7-3-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-03]
Any owner or lawful occupant of any premises within the Township not desiring to have persons enter onto their premises may post on such premises a legible sign stating "No Solicitors," "No Solicitation," or words of similar meaning. Any solicitor and peddler who shall enter upon a premises in defiance of such sign shall be in violation of this chapter and shall be liable for the penalty provided in §§
121-8 and
121-9.
The privilege to engage in the activities described in §
121-1 may be revoked, along with the registration receipt, by any member of the Police Department for:
A. Misconduct of the registered person.
B. Determination that the registered person made false
statements on his/her application.
C. Violation of any restrictions contained in this chapter.
[Amended 9-19-1996 by Ord. No. 96-3; 6-3-1998 by Ord. No.
98-4; 11-18-1999 by Ord. No. 99-16; 7-3-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-03]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 per violation, plus court
costs and imprisonment to the extent allowed by law for the punishment
of summary offenses. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this chapter be declared invalid by a court of competent
junction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the chapter
in its entirety or of any part thereof other than that declared to
be invalid.