This chapter is enacted by the Village of Greene for the purpose of
regulating transient peddling, vending, soliciting and commercial vending
in order that the peace, health, safety, welfare and good order of the Village
and its inhabitants shall not be endangered or unduly disturbed.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Peddling and Soliciting
Law of the Village of Greene."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
COMMERCIAL VENDOR
Includes, unless otherwise herein provided, any person who engages
in merchandising any goods, wares, commodities, books, periodicals or services
and who operates out of a temporary trailer, mobile home or any other object
which does not have a permanent in-ground foundation.
ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS
A permanent building, store or depository in which or where the person
transacts business and deals in the goods, wares or commodities he peddles,
vends or solicits in the ordinary and regular course of business.
MERCHANDISING
The selling, bartering or trading or offering to sell, barter or
trade, any goods, wares, commodities or services.
PEDDLER, VENDOR AND SOLICITOR
Includes, unless otherwise herein provided, any person who engages
in merchandising any goods, wares, commodities, books, periodicals or services
or who solicits contributions of goods or moneys by going from house to house
or place of business to place of business or in any public street or public
place or by temporarily occupying a room, building or other premises thereof.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation and unincorporated
association and principal or agent thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the jurisdiction of this
chapter to act as a peddler, vendor, solicitor or commercial vendor, as herein
defined, without first having registered with the office of the Village Clerk.
Upon completion of the registration application and of the registration
fee and if reasonably satisfied with the applicant's qualifications,
the Village Clerk shall issue a registration certificate to the applicant
specifying the particular business authorized. This registration shall be
nontransferable and shall be in the continuous possession of the registrant
while engaged in the business. The registration certificate shall be produced
upon the demand of any Village official, prospective buyer, police officer
or Sheriff or his deputies.
The Village Clerk shall keep a record of the applications for registrations.
The record shall contain the name and residence of the person, the location
of the business, the amount of the fee paid, the date of the fee paid and
the date of revocation and/or expiration of all registrations revoked.
A registered peddler, vendor or solicitor shall not:
A. Call attention to his goods by blowing a horn, by shouting
or crying out or by any loud or unusual noise.
B. Frequent any street in an exclusive nature so as to cause
a private or public nuisance.
C. Stand or permit the vehicle used by him to stand in one
place in any public place or street for more than 10 minutes or in front of
any premises for any time if the owner or the lessee of the ground objects.
D. Sell confectionary or ice cream within 250 feet of any
school between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days.
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Village Clerk in the denial of an application for a registration, as provided in §
81-5 of this chapter, or in the decision of the Village Clerk with reference to the revocation of a registration, as provided in §
81-10 of this chapter, shall have the right to appeal to the Village Board of the Village of Greene. Such appeal shall be taken by filing within 14 days after such notice of the action complained of has been mailed to such person's last known address a written statement setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. The Village Board shall set a time and place for a hearing on such appeal, and notice of such hearing shall be mailed to the applicant at his last known address at least five days prior to the date set for the hearing. The decision and order of the Village Board on such appeal shall be final and conclusive.
Any person who shall act as a peddler, vendor or solicitor, as herein
defined, without a registration certificate or who shall continue to act as
a peddler, vendor or solicitor subsequent to the revocation of his registration
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for
not more than 15 days, or both.