(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LICENSE. The authorization by the township police conferring the right to solicit, canvass or peddle in the township under the provisions of the chapter, and the document carrying the written or printed authorization.
LOCALLY BASED CHARITABLE OR BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATION. An organization that dispenses its charity or benevolence within the county or maintains an office or place of business therein.
PEDDLER. Any person who shall engage in peddling as defined below.
PEDDLING. The selling or offering for sale of any goods, wares, services or merchandise for immediate delivery which the person selling or offering for sale carries with him or her in traveling, or has in his or her possession or control upon any of the streets or sidewalks or from house to house or by visitation to private residences without prior invitation from the owner or occupant or by entering in or upon private property within the said township.
PERSON. Any natural person, association, partnership, firm, organization or corporation.
SOLICITING or CANVASSING. The seeking or taking without prior invitation from the owner or occupant or by entering in or upon any of the streets or sidewalks or from house to house or by visitation to private residences without prior invitation from the owner or occupant or by entering in or upon private property within the township; and shall further mean the acts of seeking or taking without prior invitation from the owner or occupant of contracts or orders for home or other building repairs, improvements or alterations; and also the seeking or taking without prior invitation from the owner or occupant of orders or contracts for any mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating or other device or equipment for house, home or building or other building improvements or repairs, upon or from the places aforesaid within the said township.
SOLICITOR or CANVASSER. Any person who shall engage in soliciting or canvassing as hereinabove defined.
SPECIAL LICENSE. Any license granted to an organization and its agents in which a blanket authorization covers the issuance of multiple documents carrying the written or printed authorization, and the documents carrying the written or printed authorization.
(B) In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
(Ord. 410, passed 7-16-1976)