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(A) Application.
(1) Application for a license to vend, sell, dispose, or display merchandise, goods, wares, produce, or vegetables shall be made in writing to the Town Clerk-Treasurer.
(2) The application shall contain the name and address of the applicant, if an individual; the names of partners and business address, if a partnership; or the names of the principal officers and principal office address, if a corporation or limited liability company; and shall include the location of the place or places where such merchandise, goods, wares, produce, or vegetables are to be so displayed and/or sold, as well as the time period the applicant intends to be in town, the time sales will be conducted each day, and the number of persons selling the product in question.
(3) The town reserves the right to deny issuance of a license upon good cause.
(B) License fee; term. The license fee to be charged for such application shall be in the amount as set by resolution of the Town Council and the current fee schedule is available at the office of the Town Clerk-Treasurer. No license shall be valid for more than one calendar year.
(Prior Code, § 4-3-2) (Ord. 314, passed 2-1-1996; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
(A) Obstructing streets and sidewalks. No street or alley shall be blocked by any merchandise offered for sale under this chapter. Reasonable and adequate passageway for pedestrians shall always be left open, and merchandise shall be securely and adequately placed so that it will not endanger passersby or fall or extend into any street or alley.
(B) Nuisance or fire hazard prohibited. Such sales shall not be operated in any manner which would cause a nuisance or create a fire hazard.
(C) Hours. Such house to house sales shall further be conducted between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and the licensee shall specify on his or her license the time when such sales shall be conducted.
(Prior Code, § 4-3-3) (Ord. 314, passed 2-1-1996)
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, transient merchant, hawker, solicitor, or peddler to ring the doorbell or knock on the door of any residence, dwelling, flat, or apartment whereon a sign bearing the words “No Peddlers” or other words of similar import is painted, affixed, or exposed to public view, or to attempt to gain admittance thereto; provided, that this section shall not apply to any person, firm, corporation, transient merchant, hawker, solicitor, or peddler who knocks at any door or rings any bell at the invitation or with the prior consent of some member of the household at which he or she so applied for admission.
(Prior Code, § 4-3-4) (Ord. 314, passed 2-1-1996)
(A) The Police Chief of the town, any duly authorized police officer, the Chief of the Fire Department, any Assistant Fire Chief, or their designated representatives may make or cause to be made sufficient inspections to ensure compliance with provisions of this chapter and other applicable provisions of the town ordinances by the personnel conducting such sales.
(B) Failure to abide by this chapter or any other local, state, or federal law shall be a basis for denial and/or immediate revocation of such license by the Mayor or the Police Chief of the town.
(Prior Code, § 4-3-5) (Ord. 314, passed 2-1-1996)
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable pursuant to the general penalty provisions, § 1-4-1.
(Prior Code, § 4-3-6) (Ord. 314, passed 2-1-1996)