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§ 66532. Regulation of business

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations
Part X. Townships of the Second Class
Chapter 141. Second Class Township Code (Refs & Annos)
Article XV. Corporate Powers
53 P.S. § 66532
§ 66532. Regulation of business
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(a) The board of supervisors may license and regulate, by ordinance, the following business activities within the township:
(1) Transient merchants conducting business within the township, except farmers selling their own produce, or to any sale of goods, wares or merchandise donated by the owners thereof, the proceeds of which are to be applied to any charitable or philanthropic purpose or the imposition or collection of any license fee upon insurance companies or their agents or insurance brokers authorized to transact business under the insurance laws of this Commonwealth.
(2) Cable television companies operating within the township to the extent allowed by Federal and State law and regulation.
(3) Restaurants operating within the township. This power includes the power to inspect these establishments.
(4) Junk dealers and the establishment and maintenance of junk yards and scrap yards, including, but not limited to, automobile junk yards or automobile grave yards.
(b) The board of supervisors may establish license fees for regulated businesses enumerated in subsection (a). These fees shall bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of administering the ordinance and regulating, inspecting and supervising each business. Licenses may be issued on an annual or monthly basis and any fee charged to transient merchants shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per year or twenty-five dollars ($25) for each month or part of a month.

Credits

1933, May 1, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 1532, added 1995, Nov. 9, P.L. 350, No. 60, § 1, effective in 180 days. Amended 1996, Dec. 18, P.L. 1142, No. 172, § 1, effective in 60 days.
53 P.S. § 66532, PA ST 53 P.S. § 66532
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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