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