For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"HAWKER" or "PEDDLER." Any person whether principal or agent who goes from town to town selling or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter, or exposing therefor, any goods, wares or merchandise, either on foot or from any animal or vehicle.
"VEND" or "VENDING." To sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, solicit offers to purchase or to barter; or to require someone to pay a fee or to set, negotiate or establish a fee before providing goods or services.
(Ord. 576, passed 7-6-09)
No person except those exempted by the state statute, or the provisions of this chapter, shall engage in vending, hawking or peddling upon any of the public streets of the Town of Hamden, or upon any state highway, except limited access highways within Hamden, or any land abutting such streets or highways, of any goods, wares or other merchandise, at any public or private sale or auction, or shall vend, hawk or peddle these articles of merchandise from house to house within the limits of the Town of Hamden without first obtaining a permit from the Chief of Police or his/her designee.
(Conn. Gen. Stat., § 21-37) ('66 Code, § 48-1)(Am. Ord. 576, passed 7-6-09) Penalty, see § 117.99
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