(A) No person shall engage in any transient retail business within the borough without first having obtained a license for each location from which sales will be conducted, and a fee, as established by resolution of the Borough Council, shall be paid.
(B) Exceptions: no license fee shall be charged:
(1) To farmers selling their own produce;
(2) For the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds whereof are to be applied to any charitable or philanthropic purpose;
(3) To children under the age of 18 years who take orders for and deliver newspapers, greeting cards, candy, bakery products and the like, or who represent the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts or similar organizations; and
(4) To any yard sales licensed by the borough.
(C) All persons exempted hereby from the payment of the license fee shall be required to register with the Code Enforcement Office and obtain a license without fee; provided, any person dealing in one or more of the above mentioned exempted categories, and dealing with other goods, wares or merchandise not so exempted, shall be subject to the payment of the license fee fixed by this chapter; provided further, the Code Enforcement Officer may similarly exempt from payment of the license fee, but not from registering with him or her, persons working without compensation and selling goods, wares or merchandise for the sole benefit of any charitable organization. Every license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be issued on an individual basis to any natural person or persons engaging in such business; every person shall obtain a separate license, issued to him or her in his or her name, and the license fee hereby imposed shall be applicable to every such individual license, except that a representative of a charitable organization may obtain licenses for the applicants therein.
(Ord. 1031, passed 9-16-2003) Penalty, see § 110.99