This chapter shall be known as the "Hawking,
Vending, Soliciting and Peddling Ordinance" of the Village.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any person, firm or organization requesting or soliciting
alms, subscriptions or contributions to any church, charitable or
public institution or organization whatsoever, or for the purpose
of distributing any handbill, pamphlet, tract, notice or advertising
matter.
[Added 3-10-1980 by L.L. No. 1-1980]
Includes any person, whether a resident of the Village or
not, who, in any public street or public place or in any open area
on private property adjacent to a public way or by going from house
to house or place of business on foot or from any animal or vehicle
standing in a street, sells or barters, offers for sale or barter
or carries or exposes for sale or barter any goods, wares or merchandise,
or seeks to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise,
foodstuffs or services of any kind, character or description whatever
for any kind of consideration whatever, or seeks to obtain prospective
customers for application or purchase of insurance of any kind, type
or character, or seeks to obtain subscriptions to books, magazines,
periodicals, newspapers and every other type of publication.
[Amended 8-14-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989]
It shall be unlawful for any hawker, vendor,
solicitor or peddler licensed under this chapter, or any person on
his behalf, to shout, make any outcry, blow a horn, ring a bell, use
any sound device or any loudspeaker, including any loudspeaking radio
or sound-amplifying system, upon any of the streets, alleys, parks
or other public places of the Village or upon any private premises
in the Village where the sound is sufficient to be capable of being
plainly heard upon the streets, avenues, alleys, parks or other public
places, for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares
or merchandise which such licensee proposes to sell.
It shall be unlawful for any hawker, vendor,
solicitor or peddler licensed under this chapter, or any person on
his behalf, to have an exclusive right to any location in the public
streets, or to be permitted a stationary location, or to be permitted
to operate in any congested area where his operation might impede
or inconvenience the public.
Junk dealers regulated by this Code are expressly
excepted from the provisions of this chapter.
The Village Board of Trustees shall provide
for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The designated
official or any other person authorized by the Village Board of Trustees
shall have the right to enter upon any premises used as mentioned
in this chapter at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection
and enforcement of this chapter.
[Added 1-14-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; amended 1-23-2012 by L.L. No. 4-2012]
See Ch. 113, Penalties for Offenses.
