[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting of the Town
of Bethany 10-4-1971. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
HAWKER or PEDDLER
NONRESIDENT
RESIDENT
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any person or corporation, whether principal or agent, who
goes from town to town or from place to place in the same town selling
or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter, or exposing therefor
any goods, wares or merchandise or services, either on foot or from
any animal or vehicle.
Includes any individual or corporation who does not own or
whose spouse does not own, in the case of the individual, a home,
house, mobile home, building or any business premises and occupy the
same within the Town of Bethany.
Includes any individual or corporation, the spouse, child
or member of the household of any individual or the agent, servant
and/or employee of any individual or corporation, who owns and occupies
any home, house, mobile home, building or business premises within
the Town of Bethany.
B.
Any word not specifically defined herein shall be given its ordinary
and customary meaning. "Person" means and includes any corporation
or partnership; "shall" means and includes "will" and is mandatory.
A.
No person shall engage in the vending, hawking or peddling of any
goods, wares or merchandise or services of any sort or description
or conduct canvassing or polling in or upon any public highway or
from house to house within the limits of the Town of Bethany without
first having registered at the Town Hall for such purpose. Political
candidates and parties and/or their representatives are exempt.
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B.
Each such registrant shall be required to show proof of the residence
or residences of the registrant during the three years immediately
preceding the registration, together with information concerning the
following matters:
(1)
The street or streets within the town upon which the registrant intends
to engage in selling.
(2)
The date or dates during which the registrant will be engaged as
described above.
(3)
The item, or items, or services to be sold, their place of manufacture
or preparation for sale and the principal or principals for whom the
registrant is acting.
(4)
Authorization from the principal or principals granting authority
to the registrant to hawk, peddle or vend his wares.
(5)
The dates and locations of any felony convictions of the registrant
or principal, or both.
A.
Any nonresident seeking a registration as required in § 157-2 hereof shall be required to post a cash, surety or property bond in the amount of $100 to insure his faithful performance and obedience to the laws of the State of Connecticut and ordinances of the Town of Bethany. A receipt will be issued for such bond, and the bond will be held at the Bethany Town Hall, at 40 Peck Road, Bethany, Connecticut. Upon presentation of this bond receipt, after the satisfactory completion of the registrant's hawking, peddling and/or vending as set forth in his registration, the bond shall be returned, provided that such return shall not be made sooner than 30 days after the expiration of the last selling date set forth by the registrant under § 157-2B(2).
B.
The bond shall be held for a period of 30 days after the last date set forth in § 157-2B(2) for activities pursuant to this registration. Should the nonresident fail to claim said bond within a sixty-day period after the expiration of his registration, the same shall be deemed forfeited to the Town of Bethany.
No hawking, vending and/or peddling shall be permitted on Sundays,
holidays or at any time, except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
6:30 p.m.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk, acting as the agent
of the Selectmen, to keep a record of all registrations granted under
the provisions of this chapter in a book provided solely for this
purpose, giving:
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A fee of $10 per month shall be charged for each registration.
Resident veterans shall be allowed to register without fee upon proof
of military service.
Each registrant shall openly display his registration and shall
upon request produce the same for inspection.
Registrations obtained pursuant to this chapter shall terminate as of the last date for sale set forth in the registration in accordance with § 157-2B(2) hereof. Such registrants who will engage in hawking, vending and/or peddling within the Town of Bethany on a regular annual basis shall obtain a registration which will terminate as of December 31 of the calendar year within which such registration was obtained.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
A.
Sales by farmers and gardeners of the produce of their farms or gardens.
B.
The sale, distribution and delivery of milk, teas, coffees, spices,
groceries, meats, bakery goods, fuel oil, gas, liquor or newspapers
or to any item or items where there is a contractual agreement between
the buyer and seller as to the same.
C.
Any sale of goods, wares or merchandise or services on any grounds
owned by, rented by, possessed, controlled and/or occupied by charitable,
ecclesiastical, governmental, civic or political groups, organizations,
or societies or to any general sale, fair, auction bazaar or door-to-door
canvas held or sponsored by any such aforementioned entity.
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Any person who engages in the business of vending or peddling
or canvassing or polling door to door without complying with provisions
of this chapter shall upon violation be fined $500.