Section 57901 - Licensing transient retail business(a) A township may, by ordinance, regulate and license transient retail merchants engaged in any transient retail business within the township. The ordinance may prohibit the commencement or doing of any transient retail business until or unless the license required by the ordinance has been obtained from the township by the person, firm or corporation desiring to commence the transient retail business. The ordinance may be enforced by penalties, not exceeding three hundred dollars, for a violation of its provisions and may provide for other means of enforcement.(b) The board of commissioners may establish license fees for businesses regulated under this section. The license fees shall bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of administering the ordinance and regulating, inspecting and supervising each business.(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to any of the following: (1) farmers selling their own produce;(2) any person selling personal property, donated by the owners, if the proceeds of the sale are to be applied to a charitable or philanthropic purpose; or(3) any manufacturer or producer in the sale of bread and bakery products, meat and meat products, or milk and milk products.1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, art. XXIX, § 2901. Amended 1935, May 9, P.L. 153, § 1; 1949, May 27, P.L. 1955, § 54; 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 143, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].