(A) This chapter shall not be construed to include the selling of any article at wholesale to dealers in such articles, or the delivery of milk, eggs, bread, newspapers, or other necessary and perishable articles of food or merchandise of a type commonly delivered on a house-to-house basis at intervals of less than one week.
(B) Any veteran who holds a special license issued under the laws of the state shall be exempt from securing a license or paying the fee as provided herein, but shall be required to comply with all other applicable sections of this chapter, and shall be required to register with the Town Manager and obtain a permit, which will be issued by the Town Manager upon proper identification and exhibition of the state license.
(C) (1) Any nonprofit religious, charitable, educational, civic or veterans’ organization, society, association, service club, volunteer first aid, or fire company, and the like, desiring to solicit, or have solicited, in its name, money, donations of money or property or financial assistance of any kind, or desiring to sell or distribute any item of literature or merchandise for which a fee is charged or solicited from persons other than members of the organization, at any place or places within the town for a charitable, religious, patriotic or philanthropic purpose shall be exempt from the provisions of §§ 130-3, 130-4 and 130-5 of this chapter, provided that there is filed a sworn application, in writing, with the Town Manager or Police Chief. The application shall give the following information:
(a) The name and purpose of the cause for which the permit is sought;
(b) The name and address of the organization;
(c) The period during which solicitation is to occur; and
(d) The name and address of each agent or representative who will conduct solicitations, and the length of time that the agent or representative has been employed or affiliated with the organization, society, association or corporation.
(2) Upon being satisfied that the person, organization, society, association, and the like, is a bona fide, nonprofit religious, charitable, educational, patriotic or philanthropic organization, and that the agents or representatives who shall conduct the solicitations have no criminal background, the Town Manager or Police Chief shall issue a permit, without charge, to the organization, association or corporation, to solicit in the town. The organization, association, society, corporation, and the like, shall furnish to all its members, agents or representatives conducting solicitation, credentials, in writing, stating the name of the agent, and the duration and purpose of solicitation.
(D) Any school, political or civic organization, benevolent society, service club, or organization not operated for profit, located in or having substantial membership from the town, is hereby exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
(E) Persons selling locally grown fresh produce and locally caught fresh seafood products shall be exempt from the provisions of § 130-5 of this chapter, and shall pay a fee of $150 for a 30-day license; furthermore, all persons selling produce and seafood products shall be restricted to the designated area on the southwest side of Park Row or other areas as designated by the Mayor and Council.
(Prior Code, § 130-11) (Ord. 6-84, passed 10-15-1984; Res. passed 11-5-1984; Ord. 01A-2016, passed 4-18-2016)