[Adopted 6-19-1967 by Ord. No. 937]
No person, firm or corporation shall engage
in the business of soliciting or canvassing without first obtaining
a permit and license therefor in compliance with the provisions of
this article.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A person, whether a resident of the Borough or a nonresident
therein and whether a principal, agent, servant or employee, who travels
by foot or any other conveyance from home to home taking or attempting
to take orders for the sale of goods for future delivery or for services
to be performed in the future, whether or not a sample is carried
or displayed and whether or not advance payments are collected.
[Amended 5-29-1990 by Ord. No. 1538; 4-11-2000 by Ord. No. 1893]
A permit or license to canvass or solicit under this article shall be issued by the Chief of Police after a written application therefor and the payment of the license and permit fee as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees, which such charge shall be to defray the Borough's cost of the investigation of said application. Said permit or license shall expire three months from the date thereof.
Said application for said permit or license
shall be sworn to and filed with the Chief of Police in duplicate.
Said application shall set up the following data:
A.
The name and description of the applicant with his
permanent home address and full business address, if any.
B.
A description of the nature of the business and goods
to be sold and services to be rendered.
C.
If employed, the name and address of the employer,
together with any credentials identifying or establishing the relationship
between the applicant and his employer.
D.
The length of time for which the right to do business
is desired.
E.
The place where the goods to be sold or orders taken
therefor are manufactured or produced, where such are located at the
time the application is filed and the proposed method of delivery.
F.
A two-inch-square photograph of the applicant taken
within 60 days.
G.
The fingerprints of the applicant.
H.
Any local references or references within the State
of New Jersey who might furnish evidence as to the good character
and business responsibility of the applicant or any other available
evidence which might aid in the speedy evaluation of the character
and business responsibility of the applicant.
I.
A statement as to whether or not the applicant has
been convicted of any crime or misdemeanor of any kind or the violation
of any municipal ordinance for any act in connection with canvassing
or soliciting as the same is defined in this article and, if so, the
details of each such conviction.
The Chief of Police shall, after an investigation,
grant such permit or license if he shall determine that the statements
contained in said application are true and that the applicant is of
good character and that there will be no danger to the public welfare
resulting from the grant of the application. If the Chief shall determine
that any of the statements contained in said application are knowingly
untrue or that the applicant is of bad character or has been convicted
of a crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or of the violation
of a municipal ordinance in relation to canvassing or soliciting[1] or that the applicant has been guilty of previous fraudulent
acts or conduct or has a record of continual breach of solicited contracts,
he shall refuse said permit. Any person dissatisfied with the action
of the Chief of Police may, within 10 days after the denial of a permit,
in writing, appeal to the Mayor and Council of the Borough, who, at
the next regular meeting of said body, shall grant said applicant
a hearing and may, for proper cause, reverse the determination of
the Chief of Police.[2]
