The purpose of this chapter is to prevent unfair
competition and dishonest business practices, by the regulation of
the conduct of the persons receiving a license hereunder and by the
imposition of license fees for revenue upon all persons hereinafter
designated and required to pay such fees.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation,
association and principal or agent thereof to perform any act included
within the provisions of this chapter without first obtaining a license
as herein provided for and paying the license fee prescribed therefor,
when such license fee is required.
The requirements of this chapter shall be held
not to include the following persons who are expressly exempt from
its application so far as any fee is required, but shall in all other
respects abide by the provisions of this chapter as a matter of regulation:
A. Any person honorably discharged from the military,
naval or marine forces of the United States.
B. Any blind person who is a resident of this municipality.
C. Any person who conducts a sale pursuant to statute
or court order.
D. Any person who is an exempt member of a fire department
as defined by New Jersey Public Laws 1911, Chapter 133 (N.J.S.A. 45:24-9
et seq.).
Every person holding a license under this chapter
shall be required to carry the license with him/her at the business
premises while engaged in the business licensed. The license must
be produced at the request of any official of the Borough of North
Arlington.
To every peddler granted a license, the Borough
Clerk shall issue a metal plate bearing the words "Licensed Peddler,
Borough of North Arlington," together with the number of the license
and the year for which it is issued. All automobiles, wagons, carts
or other vehicles used for peddling shall have affixed thereon the
said metal plate. A transient merchant and a transient merchant-peddler
must post a license certificate in a prominent place on their business
premises. The vendors of all other classes shall be issued a license
button which must be affixed to the lapel of their coat or garment
while engaged in business.
[Added 12-18-1973 by Ord. No. 1021;
amended 2-9-2006 by Ord. No. 1953]
License fees shall be as follows:
A. Auctioneers: $35 annually.
B. Distribution of handbills, circulars and all other
advertising matter: $1 per day.
C. Fireworks, retail establishment: $5.
D. Grinders of knives, scissors and saw filers: $2.
E. Ice factories or manufacturing plants selling wholesale
only, for each plant or factory: $50.
G. Restaurants, lunch wagons and lunch counters, except
those possessing liquor licenses, each: $50.
H. Wagons or vehicles used exclusively for advertising
purposes, each: $10.
I. Junkyards, wreckers or sale of used car parts: $50.
J. Any business, factory or plant manufacturing, distributing
or selling concrete blocks: $25.
A license may be revoked by the Mayor and Council
by reason of the violation of the terms of the license or by the violation
of any municipal ordinance or state or federal statute or falsification
in applying for a license. Before the revocation, the licensed person
may be granted a hearing by the Mayor and Council after five days'
notice thereof and furnishing the said person with a written statement
of the charges against him/her.
[Amended 10-16-1984 by Ord. No. 1307]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, General Penalty, in the discretion of the court. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.