No person shall sell or attempt to sell goods, or engage in or attempt to engage in the business of commercial solicitation, transient merchant, peddler, outdoor shopkeeper or distributor, except in strict compliance with the following regulations:
(a) Required Licenses and Permits. Each person shall acquire and maintain any and all licenses and permits required by Township and State laws. Badges, identification and other requirements pursuant to the ordinances of the Township and State law must be worn at all times during solicitation and while traveling to and from solicitation locations.
(b) Hours of Peddling; Residential Areas. Except between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. local time, no solicitation shall be conducted in residential areas. Residential areas shall refer to any dwelling unit used and occupied as the personal dwelling unit of the occupants.
(c) Sound or Sound Devices to Attract Business. No person shall shout, cry, ring a bell or use any sound device, including loudspeakers or amplifiers, for any purpose whatsoever, including the attempt to attract attention to a business activity.
(d) Lighting Devices to Attract Business. No person shall use or cause to be employed in the activities regulated by this section any flashing light from motor vehicles or any other lighting device for the purpose of attracting attention to the business.
(e) Zoning Restrictions. No business activity shall be conducted in any location within the Township, except in strict compliance with the requirements of the Zoning Code, except that Christmas trees may be sold at any business zoning location which complies with the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable ordinances.
(f) Business Activities Within the Right-of-Way. No business activity shall be conducted in, nor shall any person or employee in connection with the activity stand in, upon or otherwise be within, the right of way. No provision, term or definition in this chapter is intended, nor shall it be construed, to authorize or permit the use or attempt to use any public right of way maintained or controlled by any public agency of the United States, the State, the County or the Township.
(g) Use of Private Property. Nothing in this chapter is intended or shall be construed as intending the use of any private property for any business activity to be licensed hereunder, except with the express permission of the owners of said property or any other person lawfully authorized to grant such permission, or as otherwise permitted by law.
(h) Using Areas Designated for Vehicular Traffic. No activity, for which a license is required pursuant to this chapter, shall be located upon or conducted upon any portion of property developed or used for another business which is designated or intended for the parking of vehicles or the movement or travel of motor vehicles, including driveways.
(i) Vehicular Stopping or Parking. No activity, for which a license is required under this chapter, shall be conducted in any place or in any manner that may tend to cause or result in motor vehicular traffic stopping, standing or parking within any right of way, street or road.
(j) Minimum Distance of Activity From Street, Road or Right-of-Way Boundary. No activity, for which a license is required under this chapter, shall be conducted within fifteen feet of the right-of-way boundary or a street or road, measured perpendicular to the business activity. Business activities upon property abutting more than one right-of-way boundary or a street or road shall comply with the minimum distance for all such boundaries.
(k) Touching of Persons or Property. No activity, for which a license under this chapter is required, shall be conducted in such a manner that any person shall touch the person of another or any property in his or her immediate physical possession without expressly requesting and obtaining permission prior thereto.
(l) Badges Required. No activity, for which a license is required under this chapter, shall be engaged in, except while wearing on the outer clothing, in a prominent place on the chest area, an identification badge to be issued under the licensing procedures of this chapter.
(m) Solicitation Activity in Concert with Unregistered Persons or Persons Registered Without Badges. No activity for which a license is required under this chapter shall be engaged while in concert or participation with persons who are not registered and wearing badges. By way of example, assistants, trainees, demonstrators or other similar individuals shall be registered under this chapter and wearing badges during any solicitation activity.
(n) Refusal to Leave. No person shall remain upon the premises upon being requested to leave or persist in conversation upon being requested to leave by any occupant or owner of the premises.
(o) The Premises Access Restricted. Upon entry, any person engaged in solicitation activity shall not enter into areas of the premises without the express permission of the occupant or owner present and shall at all times, remain in physical presence of the occupant or owner such that any solicitor may be observed at all times by the occupant or owner present. If the occupant or owner must leave the line of sight of the solicitor, the solicitor shall remove themselves from within the dwelling unit until the occupant or owner returns.
(Ord. 308. Passed 3-20-95; Ord. Unno. Passed 9-9-02; Ord. Unno. Passed 8-1-05; Ord. 435. Passed 6-26-17.)