(a) No person shall go from person to person or from door to door within the Town for the purpose of soliciting orders for books or subscriptions to magazines or other periodicals or publications without first having obtained a permit to do so from the Town Recorder.
(b) Each applicant for a permit under this section shall furnish to the Town Recorder in writing, his full name, age and present residence and business address; the address of each place wherein he has resided during the preceding five years and the name and address of each person by whom he has been an independent contractor during the preceding five years; the name and address of each person or publisher for whom he proposes to solicit sales or subscriptions; a copy of each sales contract or subscription order to be used by him in the course of his transactions under the permit being applied for; and his police record, if any.
(c) Upon the filing of an application for a permit under this section the Town Recorder shall refer it to the Police Department, who shall investigate the applicant’s police record, whether or not any reference is made thereto in the application; and the Police Department shall make such further investigation, including inquiries of recognized better business bureaus, credit agencies and other organizations, as may be deemed necessary to determine the applicant’s reliability and the reliability of the persons and publishers for whom he proposes to solicit orders and subscriptions to adhere faithfully to the terms of the proposed contracts and subscription orders; and the Police Department shall then confer with the Town Attorney concerning each contract and subscription order form to determine whether they comply with all requirements of State and Federal law. Upon completion of such investigation the Police Department shall return the application to the Town Recorder with his findings and recommendations and the findings and recommendations of the Town Attorney attached thereto.
(Ord. 85-1. Passed 2-7-85.)