Registration and Identification
Card Required
No
person shall engage in canvassing and soliciting in the township without first
having registered with the Police Department and obtained an identification
card from the Township Secretary.
The applicant shall state his name, age, sex, home address, business address, name and address of employer, if any, what he desires to canvass and solicit for, the length of time he wishes to engage in this work, the make and type of vehicle, if any, he will use, its registration number and whether he has ever been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or a crime of any kind involving moral turpitude.
The Township Secretary will issue to the applicant, within 10 days from the date of filing of the application, an identification card to which one of the applicant's photographs will be affixed.
An identification card will not be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or a crime of any kind involving moral turpitude, and such person shall not be allowed to engage in canvassing and soliciting in the township.
An identification card will be valid for the balance of the calendar year in which it is issued. Such card may not be transferred from one person to another.
Standards of Conduct
Every person to
whom an identification card has been issued shall, in the conduct of his activities,
comply with the following standards of conduct: He shall
carry his identification card at all times and exhibit it, upon request,
to any police officer or to any person on whom he shall call or with whom he
shall talk.
He shall not permit any person to have possession of his identification card and shall immediately report its loss to the Township Secretary. He shall not cause or permit his identification card to be altered or defaced in any way.
He shall not enter or attempt to enter any dwelling without the invitation or permission of the occupant, and shall immediately leave any premises upon request of the occupant.
He shall not engage in canvassing and soliciting after dark.
He shall not be guilty of any false pretense or misrepresentation, and, particularly, he shall not represent his identification card to be an endorsement of himself, his goods or services or the goods or services of his employer.
He shall immediately surrender his identification card to the Township Secretary upon revocation thereof.
Revocation of Identification card
Any identification
card may be revoked by the Township Secretary if the holder fails to comply
with the standards of or upon ascertainment by the Police Department that the
holder has made a false statement in his application.
Exemptions
This article shall
not apply to boys or girls under 16 years of age who take orders for and deliver
newspapers, greeting cards, candy and the like, or who represent the Boy
Scout and Girl Scout or similar organizations and take orders for and
deliver cookies and the like, nor to any person who works for an organization
which has registered with the Pennsylvania Department of State.
Violations and penalties
Any person who shall
engage in canvassing and soliciting without registering with the Police Department
or who shall violate any other provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof before a District Justice, be subject to a fine
or penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $600.00.