This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "City of Glen Cove Peddlers and Solicitors Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, unless the context
or subject matter otherwise requires, the following words shall have
the following meanings.
COMPANY
Any association of individuals, partnerships, firms, corporations,
societies or any other organization.
HAWKER or PEDDLER
Includes, except as hereinafter expressly provided otherwise,
itinerant merchants, itinerant photographers and any person, either
principal or agent, servant or employee, who, from any boat, car on
a railroad track, or 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 from any animal or vehicle, sells or barters, offers for sale
or barter, or carries or exposes for sale or barter any goods, wares
or merchandise, or solicits subscriptions for books, publications,
magazines or periodicals, or solicits orders for the sale of any goods,
wares or merchandise, or solicits orders for work, labor or services
of any kind whatsoever to be performed within the City.
PEDDLE
To go from house to house, from store to store, from place
to place or from street to street to sell and make immediate delivery
or offer for sale and delivery any goods, wares, merchandise or provisions
in possession of the seller at any place within the City other than
from a fixed place of business.
PEDDLER
Any person or company who peddles, as herein defined. The
words "peddler," "hawker" and "huckster" are considered synonymous
terms.
PERSON
Only a natural person or an individual, whether a resident
of the City or not.
SOLICIT
To go from house to house, from store to store, from place
to place or from street to street to sell or take orders for goods,
wares, merchandise or provisions for future delivery or for services
to be performed at any place within the City other than from a fixed
place of business. "Solicit" shall also mean to distribute advertising
circulars.
SOLICITOR
Any person or company who solicits as herein defined.
VETERAN
Any honorably discharged member of the Armed Forces of the
United States or the widow of such honorably discharged serviceman.