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Supervisors flag privacy, enforcement concerns in rewrite of solicitors and peddlers ordinance
Summary
Supervisor Moriarty and other board members said parts of the draft solicitors and peddlers ordinance are overly broad or legally problematic (fingerprinting minors, Social Security number collection) and recommended separating door‑to‑door solicitors from transient retail merchants; staff will redraft and consult the solicitor.
Supervisor Moriarty opened discussion on the township's solicitors and peddlers ordinance, saying the current draft contains inappropriate and potentially illegal requirements such as fingerprinting minors and collecting Social Security numbers.
Moriarty and other supervisors proposed separating solicitor/peddler (door‑to‑door) rules from transient retail merchant requirements (vendors at events) because the two pose…
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