No solicitors, canvassers or hawkers, as defined in §
177-3 of this ordinance, shall engage in any such soliciting, canvassing or hawking activities within the Town of North Haven, Connecticut, without having obtained from the Chief of Police of the Town of North Haven a license therefor as required by this ordinance.
Pursuant to Section 21-37 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended,
this ordinance shall not apply to sales by farmers and gardeners of the produce
of their farms and gardens or to the sale, distribution and delivery of milk,
teas, coffees, spices, groceries, meats and bakery goods.
As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
CANVASSER OR SOLICITOR
Any individual, whether a resident of the Town of North Haven or
not, traveling by foot or by any other type of conveyance whatsoever from
place to place or from house to house, taking or attempting to take orders
for sale of goods, wares, merchandise or personal property of any nature whatsoever
for future delivery or for services to be performed in the future or for services
to be performed at that time without previous arrangement with such person
so requesting such services, whether or not such individual shall carry or
expose for sale a sample of the subject of such sale or whether he is collecting
advance payments on such sales or not.
HAWKER
An itinerant or traveling trader who carriers goods about in order
to sell them and who actually sells them to purchasers at that time by offering
them for sale on the streets by outcry or by attracting the attention of persons
by exposing goods in a public place or by placards, labels or signals.
Licenses issued by the Chief of Police of the Town of North Haven, Connecticut,
for canvassing, soliciting or hawking activities shall be in two classes:
A. Class A license, for canvassing or soliciting activities.
B. Class B license, for hawking activities.
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A. The fee for a Class A license as defined in §
173-4 above shall be $250 for each individual obtaining such a license.
B. The fee for a Class B license as defined in §
177-4 above shall be $250 for each individual obtaining such a license.
Upon receipt of said application by the Chief of Police for the Town of North Haven, Connecticut, and after a reasonable investigation period, not to exceed 21 days from the date of said application, which discloses that the applicant is of good moral character and proposes to engage in a lawful and legitimate commercial or professional enterprise, the Chief of Police shall then issue a permit to said applicant, for which the applicant shall pay the fee provided for in §
177-7 above; provided, however, that said fee may be waived by the Chief of Police for the Town of North Haven if the applicant or applicants are soliciting or selling for the benefit of a local nonprofit organization which maintains offices and headquarters within the Town of North Haven, Connecticut.
After having been presented with documentary evidence that any applicant for a solicitor's, canvassers or hawker's license has been honorably discharged from any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, the Chief of Police of the Town of North Haven may waive the fee as provided for in §
177-7 above.
After any license has been issued by the Chief of Police of the Town
of North Haven for soliciting, canvassing or hawking activities, said license
shall be carried by said licensee at all times while conducting such activities
within the Town of North Haven. Said license shall be exhibited by such licensee
whenever he or she is requested to do so by any police officer or by any persons
so solicited.
The Chief of Police of the Town of North Haven, Connecticut, shall establish,
in writing, appropriate rules and regulations to govern the conduct and methods
of operation by any person so issued a license to conduct soliciting, canvassing
or hawking activities within the Town of North Haven, Connecticut.
At the time that any person files with the Chief of Police of the Town
of North Haven, Connecticut, an application for any license to conduct canvassing,
soliciting or hawking activities within the Town of North Haven, he or she
shall be furnished with a copy of the rules and regulations governing such
activities, as established by the Chief of Police of said town in writing.
At the time that said application may be approved by the Chief of Police of
the Town of North Haven and a license issued to conduct such activities, said
applicant shall affix his signature to said application, indicating that she
or he has read, is familiar with and agrees to abide by such rules and regulations
of conduct of business, as established by said Chief of Police.
Any such license issued by the Chief of Police of the Town of North
Haven may be suspended by said Chief of Police for violation of said rules
and regulations or violation of any section of this ordinance of the Town
of North Haven, Connecticut, or for reasons of violation of any state or federal
law or whenever the holder of such permit shall, in the judgment of the Chief
of Police, cease to possess the character and qualifications required by this
ordinance for the issuance of such permit.
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No person, firm or corporation, including the holder of a Class B license
hereunder, shall hawk his or its goods, food, flowers or any other products
or materials from any location or from any place within 1,000 feet of such
location for a continuous period exceeding 1/2 hour or for a period of time
exceeding one hour in any twenty-four-hour period. It is declared that this
provision is necessary in order to prevent the disruption of the orderly flow
of traffic upon the streets of North Haven and the threat to public safety
created by the attraction of large numbers of motorists and pedestrians. The
hawking of goods from a stationary position over a long period of time also
creates activities and traffic patterns which have not been planned for in
the zoning regulations and by the proper traffic authorities.
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Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating the provisions
of this ordinance shall be fined not more than $100 for each offense. A separate
offense shall be considered to have been committed on each day that a violation
occurs.