As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
CLERK
The Clerk of the Board of Trustees and Village of Cazenovia, New
York.
ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS
Includes a building or store in which or where a person transacts
business or deals in goods, wares or merchandise he hawks, peddles or solicits
for during regular business hours.
HAWKERS or PEDDLERS
Includes any person, either principal or agent, who in any public
street or public place or by going from house to house or place of business
to place of business, on foot or means of any conveyance, sells, barters,
offers for sale, carries or exposes for sale or barters any goods or merchandise
except milk, newspapers and periodicals.
MAYOR
The Mayor of the Board of Trustees.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, copartnership or corporation or other
entity capable of being sued.
SOLICITOR
Includes any person who goes from house to house, or from place to
place or who stands in any street or public place, taking or offering to take
orders for goods, wares or merchandise except newspapers, milk or ice.
VILLAGE
The Village of Cazenovia, New York.
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any sales conducted by order
of any court; nor to wholesalers selling to retailers, or to merchants having
an established place of business within the Village; nor to farmers or truck
gardeners who sell or dispose of products of their own farms; nor to any honorably
discharged soldier, sailor or marine who has procured a license as provided
by the laws of the State of New York; nor to those engaged in interstate traffic
and commerce.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the
Village of Cazenovia to act as hawker, peddler or solicitor as defined herein,
without first having obtained and paid for, and having in force and effect,
a license therefor. Said license shall be issued by the Village Clerk, and
the fee therefor shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Village
Board of Trustees.
No person shall publicly solicit alms within the Village of Cazenovia
without the consent, in writing, of the Mayor of the Village of Cazenovia.
Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a maximum fine
of $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.