It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
in, conduct, manage, operate or cause to be conducted, managed or
operated within the limits of the Village the business of hawker,
vendor, solicitor or peddler without first obtaining a license from
the Village Board of Trustees as provided in this article.
Any person desiring to procure a license as
provided in this article shall file with the Village Clerk or the
Board of Trustees of the Village an application in duplicate, in writing,
on a form to be furnished by the Village Clerk or the Village Board
of Trustees, which shall give the following information:
A.
Name and description of the applicant.
B.
Address (legal and local).
C.
A brief description of the nature of the business
and the goods to be sold, and in the case of farm products, whether
produced or grown by the applicant.
D.
If employed, the name and address of the employer
and a statement of the exact relationship.
E.
The duration of time for which the right to do business
is desired.
F.
If a vehicle is to be used, a description of the same,
together with the license number or other means of identification.
G.
A statement as to whether or not the applicant has
been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor or violation of any ordinance,
the nature of the offense and the penalty assessed therefor.
A.
If an investigation is required of an applicant filing
an application for a license pursuant to this article, a fee of $5
shall be paid by the applicant to defray the cost.
B.
The fee for a license to engage in or conduct the business of hawking,
vending, soliciting and/or peddling, or of the nature described in
this chapter shall be $250 per year.
[Amended 7-10-2017 by L.L. No.
4-2017]
C.
The license issued will be valid for one year. Upon expiration of
the license the business shall cease to operate unless it renews the
license pursuant to this chapter.
[Amended 7-10-2017 by L.L. No.
4-2017]
A.
Upon a receipt of the application for a license under
this article by the Village Board of Trustees, the duplicate shall
be referred to an official designated by the Village Board of Trustees,
who shall make an investigation of the applicant's business and moral
character, to be made as he deems necessary for the public good. Such
investigation shall look into the statements made upon such application,
the applicant's business and general character.
B.
If as a result of such investigation the applicant's
character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory,
the designated official shall endorse on such application his disapproval
and his reasons for the same and return the application to the Village
Clerk for the Village Board of Trustees, who shall notify the applicant
that his application is disapproved and that no license will be issued.
C.
If as a result of such investigation the character
and business responsibility of the applicant are found to be satisfactory,
the designated official shall endorse on the application his approval,
execute a license, on forms supplied by the Village Clerk or the Village
Board of Trustees, addressed to the applicant for the carrying on
of the business of hawking, vending, soliciting and peddling as applied
for and return such license along with the duplicate application to
the Village Clerk or the Village Board of Trustees, who shall, upon
payment of the fees prescribed in this article, issue and deliver
to the applicant such license.
The licenses issued by the Village Board of
Trustees under this article shall be numbered in the order issued
and shall state clearly and legibly thereon the date of issuance,
date of expiration, the signature of the issuing officer, the name
and address of the licensee, the type and kind of goods to be sold
thereunder, description of any vehicle used in connection with the
business and the amount of the fee paid.
The issuance of a license pursuant to this article
will not constitute a permission to hawk, vend, solicit or peddle
upon the premises or within 200 feet of the Village Hall or any school,
firehouse, public building of any nature or any privately operated
store or business.
A.
Every licensee under this article shall immediately
display such license upon request by the proper and authorized officers
of the Village Board of Trustees or proper and authorized police officers
and keep the same in the vehicle used in connection with such business,
if such is the case, at all times while the license remains in force.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, mutilate,
destroy or in any way alter such license.
Whenever a license issued under this article
shall be lost, destroyed, defaced or mutilated beyond legibility without
fault on the part of the licensee, his agents or employees, a duplicate
in lieu thereof under the original application may be issued by the
Village Clerk upon payment of a recording fee of $5.
No license issued under the provisions of this
article shall be used at any time by any other person than the one
to whom it was issued.
All hawkers, vendors, solicitors and peddlers
licensed under this article are required to exhibit their Village
license at the request of any citizen.
A.
The Board of Trustees or its designated official of
the Village may, at any time after giving notice to the licensee under
this article and an opportunity to be heard, revoke any license for
any false statement contained in any application for such license,
for disorderly conduct, for selling in any manner any defective merchandise
or for the violation of any rule or law of the United States or Village.
The Village Board of Trustees or its designated official shall cause
notice of hearing and the reason or reasons therefor to be served
upon the person named in the application as the licensee. Such service
shall be by registered mail with a return receipt, directed to the
licensee at the licensee's address, or by personal service.
B.
The Village Board of Trustees or its designated official
may revoke any license issued pursuant to the terms of this article
if the hawking, vending, soliciting or peddling is in any way carried
on in an unsanitary or uncleanly manner or as aforesaid contrary to
any of the provisions of this chapter or contrary to any general or
special law.
