[Adopted 4-23-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-10]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any person, whether a resident of the Town or not,
whether stationary or traveling on foot or by automotive vehicle or
any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house,
or from street to street, and carrying, conveying or transporting
goods, wares, merchandise, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, food,
ice cream, fruit ices, soda water, garden farm products or provisions
and offering or exposing the same for sale, or making sales and delivering
articles to purchasers. The word "peddler" shall include the words
"hawker," "huckster" and "vendor."
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as
a peddler within the corporate limits of the Town without first obtaining
a written license. Proof of a New Jersey business registration and
New Jersey sales tax certificate is required for issuance of a license.
The license fees under this article shall be as set forth in § 100-2A.
The licensee shall operate at such places or on such streets
as may be designated by the Chief of Police but shall have no exclusive
right to any location, nor shall he be permitted to operate in any
congested area where his operations might impede or inconvenience
the public. For stationary peddling, permission must be granted from
the property owner and the location must be in conformance with existing
zoning laws.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, hawk or peddle any of the items listed in § 206-1 before 8:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. or on Sundays or holidays. No person shall be granted a license more than once every six months, and posting of signs is prohibited for stationary peddling.
It shall be the duty of any police officer of the Town to require
any person seen peddling, and who is not known by such officer to
be duly licensed, to produce his peddler's license as well as a New
Jersey business registration certificate and New Jersey sales tax
certificate (if applicable), and then to enforce the provisions of
this article against any person found to be violating the same.
This article shall not apply to:
A.Â
The delivery of milk, eggs, bread, newspapers or such other necessary
and perishable articles of food or merchandise of the type commonly
delivered on a house-to-house basis at intervals of less than one
week.
B.Â
Any veteran or volunteer fireman who holds a special license issued
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:24-9, who shall be exempt from application
for a license but shall be required to comply with all other applicable
regulations.
C.Â
The hawking or peddling of any of the articles set forth in this
article by any service organization, charitable organization, lodge,
veterans' organization, firemen's organization, religious organization
of any kind, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, YMCA, YWCA and any and all other
youth organizations or any of their auxiliaries.
The equipment used or employed by peddlers of ice cream, foods,
beverages, confections and other related commodities shall be inspected
by the Board of Health or its authorized agents. Any violation found
which is not immediately corrected shall be grounds for revocation
of the license.
No person licensed under this article shall stop a vehicle on
any street in the Town in front of a mercantile establishment for
the purpose of selling from such vehicle goods, wares or merchandise,
and no such person shall stop a vehicle on any street in the Town
for the purpose of selling from such vehicle any goods, wares or merchandise
without having first obtained permission from a police officer to
do so.
