§ 211-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the words and phrases herein defined shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

BOROUGH

The Borough of Downingtown.

CASUAL CRAFTERS OR ARTISTS

Persons making, by their own hand and labor, novelties, trinkets, or jewelry such as may be crafted from wood, stone or metal and other media, or drawings, paintings, and sketches.

CHIEF or CHIEF OF POLICE

The Chief of Police of the Borough of Downingtown, or his/her designee.

CODES OFFICE or BOROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT

The Code Enforcement Office of the Borough of Downingtown, or his/her designee.

GOODS

Any goods, wares, foodstuffs, merchandise or services offered for sale, whether or not displayed. This does not include frozen dairy and nondairy desserts offered for sale by ice cream or frozen dessert street vendors.

ICE CREAM OR FROZEN DESSERT STREET VENDOR

A person who travels by any type of vehicle bearing a sticker containing a Pennsylvania frozen dessert license number, whether motorized or not, upon the improved portion of any street, selling or offering for sale any single-serving frozen dairy or nondairy dessert. Frozen dessert shall have the same meaning set forth in Pennsylvania's Frozen Dessert Law, 31 P.S. § 417-1 et seq.

PEDDLER

Any person who goes upon the premises of any private residence in the Borough, not having been invited by the occupant thereof, or any person who goes upon the Borough streets, sidewalks or other public place, carrying or transporting goods, wares, merchandise or personal property of any nature and offering the same for sale.

PEDDLING

Includes all activities ordinarily performed by a peddler as indicated under the definition of "peddler" herein.

POINT OF SALE

The actual location of a peddling or soliciting activity, primarily characterized by physical separation from any other peddling or soliciting activity.

PUBLIC PLACE(S)

Any highway, street, park, sidewalk, cemetery, playground, parking area, school ground, public beach, skating rink, or any privately owned property that is open to the public or any other place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, including, but not limited to, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement, and hallways, lobbies and other portions of apartment houses and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence and any other public lands or property owned, operated or controlled by the Borough of Downingtown whether located within or without said Borough of Downingtown, or any other municipality or public agency.

SOLICITING

Includes all activities ordinarily performed by a solicitor as indicated under the definition of "solicitor" herein.

SOLICITOR

Any person who goes upon the premises of any private residence in the Borough, not having been invited by the occupant thereof, or any person who goes upon any Borough street, sidewalk or other public place, for the purpose of offering, taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of goods, merchandise, wares, or other personal property of any nature for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future, or for the solicitation of support or donations where said support or donation is unsolicited by the person or entity being solicited.