[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Southwick as indicated in article
histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted STM 9-30-1974 by Art. 9 as Ch. V, Secs.
6 through 11, of the 1975 Bylaws]
No persons shall be dealers in or keepers of shops for the purchase or sale or barter of junk, old metals or secondhand articles or go about collecting the same in this town unless they are duly licensed by the Board of Selectmen pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 140 of the General Laws.
A.
Each applicant shall be furnished a certificate indicating
that he or she has registered and showing the dates covered by such registration.
B.
Such registration certificate shall expressly require
and be issued only upon the condition that each person who intends to solicit
or canvass the Town after the hour of 5:00 p.m. shall, on every such day,
inform the office of the Chief of Police of the streets or neighborhood in
which the intended solicitation or canvassing is to occur.
C.
Each person shall at all times while soliciting or canvassing
in the Town carry upon his person the registration certificate, and the same
shall be exhibited by such registrant whenever he is required to do so by
any police officer or by any person solicited.
The provisions of the Article shall not apply to officers or employees
of the Town, county, state or federal government, or any subdivision thereof,
when on official business, nor to a person soliciting solely for religious,
charitable or political purposes.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business
as a canvasser or solicitor, calling at residences, without the previous consent
of the occupant for the purpose of soliciting orders, sales, subscriptions
or business of any kind, or seeking information or donations, without first
having registered in the office of the Chief of Police.
B.
The registrant shall give his complete identification,
his signature, the name of his employer, the nature of the products or services
in which he is interested, the names of the manufacturers of such products,
or of the organization which he is representing, and the proposed method of
operation in the Town.
Any such registration may be revoked by the Selectmen or the Chief of
Police because of any violation by the registrant of this article or whenever
the registrant shall cease to possess the qualifications and character required
in this article for the original registration.
[Amended STM 11-21-1991 by Art. 20]
[Adopted STM 10-4-1990 by Art. 10]
[Amended ATM 5-20-2003 by Art. 22]
A.
No person shall engage in the business of buying, selling,
exchanging or assembling secondhand motor vehicles or parts thereof or allow
any property under his control to be used as a place of sale or display of
motor vehicles without securing a license from the Board of Selectmen under
MGL c. 140, § 59.
B.
The total number of Class 2 licenses currently issued
under MGL c. 140, § 58 and § 59 and those licenses hereafter
granted at any one time shall not in the aggregate exceed more than 17, except
this section shall not apply to licensed premises lawfully in existence and
lawfully used in accordance with MGL c. 140, § 58 and § 59.
[Amended ATM 5-15-2007 by Art. 30]
[Amended STM 11-21-1991 by Art. 28]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by local police, Massachusetts
Environmental Police and local officials appointed to enforce these regulations.
