(A) It shall be unlawful for any hawker or peddler, or other itinerant dealer, by wholesale or retail, in goods, wares, or merchandise to offer the same for sale in the town, or to go from house to house, office to office, or place to place in the town, and offer for sale any such goods, wares, or merchandise to persons not dealers in such commodities, for either present or future delivery, without having first filled out an application at the Town Hall.
(B) A written application is required, which application shall state the name and the residence of the applicant, the kind of goods to be offered for sale, and the length of time during which such goods will be offered for sale. The application shall be sworn to by the applicant.
(C) No application shall be transferable; nor shall any person other than the person named on the application be permitted to use the same, nor shall any application protect any person from incurring the penalties prescribed herein except the licensee named in the license.
(D) No person to whom an application has been approved under the provisions of this section shall refuse, upon request made, to show such application or certificate to any peace officer of the town, to any person to whom he or she shall offer to sell any goods, wares, or merchandise, or to any member of the Town Council.
(E) The provisions of this section shall not apply to transactions of interstate commerce, to vendors of vegetables, fruits, or other articles of food, who raised, prepared, cultivated, or produced the same, or to the vendors of newspapers, or of legal, medical, religious works or church, school sales, and festivals.
(Ord. 1989-276, passed 8-7-1989) Penalty, see § 10.99