§ 91-1. Title.

§ 91-2. Definitions and word usage.

§ 91-3. Registration and identification card required.

§ 91-4. Application procedure.

§ 91-5. Standards of conduct

§ 91-6. Revocation of identification card.

§ 91-7. Exceptions.

§ 91-8. License fee.

§ 91-9. Transient retail merchants.

§ 91-10. Violations and penalties.

§ 91-11. Repealer.

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the
Township of West Manchester 10-11-1990 as Ord. No. 90-13.
Section 91-10 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where ap-
plicable.]

Transient retail merchants - See Ch. 133.

§ 91-1. Title.

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "West
Manchester Township Peddling, Canvassing and Soliciting Ordinance."

§ 91-2. Definitions and word usage.

The following words shall be construed to have the meanings set
forth below. The singular number includes the plural, and the
masculine includes the feminine and the neuter.

§ 91-3. Registration and identification card required.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall
engage in peddling, canvassing and soliciting in the township without
first having registered with the township and having obtained an
identification card from the township.

§ 91-4. Application procedure.

A. Any person desiring to engage in peddling, canvassing and
soliciting shall submit a written application to the township on
a form to be furnished by the township, accompanied by two
(2) photographs no larger than two by two (2 x 2) inches of
himself, taken within six (6) months prior to the date of
application.

B. The applicant shall state his name, age, sex, home address,
business address, name and address of employer, if any, what
he desires to canvass, peddle and solicit for, the length of time
he wishes to engage in this work and 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.

C. The township will issue to the applicant an identification card
[to which one (1) of the applicant's photographs will be affixed]
within ten (10) days from the date of filing of the application,
unless the application is rejected by the township based on
findings made by West Manchester Township Police
Department.

D. An identification card will not be issued to any person who has
been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or a crime of any
kind involving moral turpitude, and such person shall not be
allowed to engage in canvassing, peddling and soliciting in the
township.

E. An identification card will be valid for the period of time for
which the applicant has paid the required license fee. Such
card may not be transferred from one person to another.

§ 91-5. Standards of conduct

Every person engaged in peddling, canvassing or soliciting within
the confines of West Manchester Township shall, in the conduct of his
activities, comply with the following standards of conduct:

A. He shall conduct himself at all times in an orderly and lawful
manner.

B. 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, or if not registered
and licensed under this chapter, he shall identify himself by
means of a firm or corporate identification card or a valid
Pennsylvania State motor vehicle driver's license.

C. He shall not permit any person to have possession of his
identification card and shall immediately report its loss to the
township. He shall not cause or permit his identification card
to be altered or defaced in any way.

D. He shall not engage in peddling, canvassing and soliciting
before 8:00 a.m. nor after 9:00 p.m., prevailing time.

E. 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.

F. He shall not be guilty of any false pretense or misrepresenta-
tion, and particularly, he shall not represent his identification
card to be an endorsement of himself or his goods or services
or of the goods or services of his employer by the township.

G. He shall immediately surrender his identification card to the
township upon revocation thereof.

H. He shall give a written receipt for all orders taken within West
Manchester Township where a down payment is received,
which receipt shall be signed by the solicitor and shall
set forth a brief description of the goods, wares, merchandise or
services ordered, the total purchase price thereof and the
amount of the down payment received by the solicitor from the
purchaser.

§ 91-6. Revocation of identification card.

Any identification card may be revoked by the township if the
holder fails to comply with the standards of conduct contained in § 91-5
hereof or any of them or upon ascertainment by the Police
Department that the holder has made a false statement in his
application.

§ 91-7. Exceptions.

The township reserves the right to have all the following named
groups be subject to the registration and licensing requirements of
this chapter, except that the license fee shall be waived. All other
provisions of this chapter will be applicable to the following:

A. Boys or girls under nineteen (19) years of age who take orders
for and deliver newspapers, greeting cards, candy, submarine
sandwiches and the like for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, schools,
churches or other charitable and civic organizations.

B. Persons delivering or distributing goods or services
previously ordered or contracted for by the person to
whom they are delivered or distributed.

C. Persons who deliver milk, bread, gasoline, kerosene or
other heating and/or cooking fuels.

D. Persons who work for an organization which has
registered with the Pennsylvania Department of State
under the Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act, Act of
August 9, 1963, P.L. 628, 1 and produce proof of such
current registration.

E. Persons who are acting as representatives of accredited
war veterans organizations.

F. Farmers who are selling their own produce that is raised
or produced on their farm.

G. Persons engaged in interstate commerce.

1 Editor's Note: See 10 P.S. § 160-1 et seq.

§ 91-8. License fee.

The license fee shall be $25 per individual per month or
fractional part thereof. The township shall indicate on the
identification card the period of time for which the required
license fee shall have been paid.

§ 91-9. Transient retail merchants.

This chapter shall not apply to any person to whom a
transient retail merchant's license has been issued. 2

2 Editor's Note: See Ch. 133, Transient Retail Merchants.


§ 91-10. Violations and penalties. [Amended 11-14-1991
by Ord. No. 91-09; 5-9-1996 by Ord. No. 96-14;
6-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-15]

Any person who shall engage in peddling, canvassing or
soliciting without registering with the appropriate township
officer or any person, whether or not required to be registered
and licensed under this chapter, who shall violate any of the
other provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof
before a District Justice, be subject to a fine or penalty
of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution. Such fine or penalty
shall be collected as like fines or penalties are now by law
collected.

§ 91-11. Repealer.

West Manchester Township Ordinance No. 72-4, entitled "An
Ordinance Regulating Peddling, Canvassing and Soliciting in
West Manchester Township, Requiring Peddlers, Canvassers
and Solicitors to Register and to be Licensed by West
Manchester Township, Establishing Standards of Conduct and
Procedures for Obtaining Identification Cards and Permits,
Providing for Exemptions, Providing for License Fees and
Fixing Penalties," is hereby repealed in its entirety and any
ordinance of West Manchester Township or part thereof that
conflicts with the terms and provisions hereof is hereby
repealed.