As used in this chapter, the following words
and phrases shall have the following meanings:
ITINERANT VENDOR
A person in the business of selling personal property or
services who conducts his business from a fixed location but who does
not intend to continue in business within the Township permanently.
A proprietor of a business which is seasonal in nature who suspends
business during the off-season shall not for that reason alone be
considered an itinerant vendor.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
A group of persons, corporation or association organized
for philanthropic, charitable, religious, patriotic or other public-service
purposes and not for private gain. Examples of nonprofit organizations
include veterans groups and organizations which assist the poor, the
aged, the sick, the physically handicapped or mentally retarded or
which aid victims of fire, flood or similar catastrophes. This enumeration
is intended to be typical and shall not be construed as exclusive.
PEDDLER
A person, commonly referred to as "hawker," who goes from
home to home or from place to place, whether on foot or in a vehicle,
selling or delivering goods and services. Any peddler selling manufactured
ready-to-eat food products must also apply for and receive a food
handler's license from the Township.
[Amended 6-21-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-18]
PERSON
An individual or any agent of a firm, partnership, corporation
(either profit or nonprofit), voluntary association, unincorporated
association or other similar entity.
[Amended 6-21-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-18]
SOLICITOR
A person who goes from house to house or from place to place
selling merchandise by sample or by taking orders for future delivery,
with or without accepting advance payments for the goods and regardless
of whether advance solicitation is made by mail, telephone or personal
contact. The provisions of this definition shall apply to the person
who comes in personal contact with the buyer, whether he obtains the
order, delivers the goods or accepts money in payment for them. "Solicitor"
also means any person who goes from house to house or from place to
place for the purpose of obtaining alms, contributions or subscriptions,
or who does research analyses, makes surveys or opinion polls or obtains
rating data or similar information, or who engages in any similar
work which involves a door-to-door or place-to-place activity.
This chapter shall not apply to any of the following
persons:
A. Any person licensed by the Commissioner of Banking
and Insurance or the Real Estate Commission of the State of New Jersey.
B. Persons selling personal property at wholesale to
dealers in such articles.
C. Any sale required by statute or the order of any court.
D. Any person engaged in delivering merchandise or other
things in the regular course of business to the premises of the person
ordering or entitled to receive it.
E. Any person soliciting votes for a bona fide candidate
for political office.
F. Members of a volunteer fire company or first aid squad
as defined by the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
G. Persons selling products grown on their own property
and selling them from their own property.
[Amended 6-21-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-18]
[Amended 6-21-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-18]
Veterans who hold a special state license issued
under the laws of the State of New Jersey and persons to whom a valid
mercantile license has been issued under the provisions of laws or
ordinances other than this chapter shall register with the Township
Clerk and comply with all other applicable provisions of this chapter
and shall be required to possess a special permit, which will be issued
by the Township Clerk upon presentation of proper identification and
proof of their status.
No person shall engage in business as a peddler,
solicitor or itinerant vendor without having first obtained a license
and paid the license fee.
[Amended 11-3-1980 by Ord. No. 1980-38; 6-1-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-11]
The fee for a peddler's, solicitor's or itinerant
vendor's license shall be $100 for each year or fraction thereof.
All licenses shall terminate at the close of December 31 of the year
in which they are issued. Charitable, religious and nonprofit organizations
are not subject to the aforementioned fee set forth in this section.
Every person licensed under this chapter shall
conduct himself according to the following rules and regulations:
A. He shall not enter or attempt to enter the house of
any resident of the Township without an express invitation from the
occupant of the house.
B. He shall not conduct himself in a manner that is objectionable
or annoying to the occupant of any house.
No licensee shall transact business from his
vehicle unless it is properly parked immediately adjacent to the curb
of a public street in a permitted locality. No licensee shall at any
time double-park his vehicle while transacting business, nor transact
business other than on the curbside of his vehicle.
No licensee shall have an exclusive right to
any location in the public streets, nor shall he be permitted a stationary
location on the streets or permitted to operate in a congested area
where his operations may impede or inconvenience the free flow of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic. For the purposes of this section,
the reasonable judgment of a police officer shall be conclusive as
to whether the area is congested or traffic impeded or inconvenienced.