As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CANVASSER and SOLICITOR
Includes any person traveling either by foot, wagon, automobile,
motor truck or any other type of conveyance from place to place, from
house to house or from street to street taking or attempting to take
orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise or personal property
of any nature whatsoever for future delivery or for services to be
furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such person has,
carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale or
whether he is collecting advance payments on such sales or not.
MOBILE FOOD VEHICLE
A self-contained mobile food unit in which ready-to-eat food
is prepared, cooked, wrapped, packaged, processed or portioned for
service, sale or distribution.
PEDDLER, HAWKER and HUCKSTER
Includes any person traveling by foot, wagon, automotive
vehicle or any other type of conveyance from place to place, from
house to house or from street to street carrying, conveying or transporting
goods, wares, merchandise, prepared foods, meats, fish, vegetables,
fruits, garden truck farm products or provisions, offering and exposing
the same for sale or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers,
or who without traveling from place to place shall sell or offer the
same for sale from a wagon, cart, automotive vehicle, railroad car
or other vehicle or conveyance.
PERSON
Includes the singular and plural and shall also mean and
include any person, firm, corporation, association, club, copartnership,
society or any other organization.
Nothing in this chapter shall be held to apply
to:
A. Any sales conducted pursuant to statute or by order
of any court.
B. Any persons selling personal property at wholesale
to dealers in such articles.
C. Merchants having an established place of business
within the City, or to their employees soliciting orders from customers
and delivering the same.
D. Farmers or gardeners who themselves or through their
employees vend, sell or dispose of precincts of their own farms and
gardens.
E. Any honorably discharged member of the United States
Armed Forces who has procured a license as provided in the General
Business Law of the State of New York.
The Mayor shall issue special permits without
payment of any license fee or charge therefor to any person or organization
for the conduct or operation of a nonprofit enterprise when he finds
that the applicant operates without private profit for a public, charitable,
educational, literary, fraternal or religious purpose.
Upon receipt of such application, the Mayor
shall cause an investigation of such person's business responsibility
and moral character to be made as he deems necessary for the protection
of the public good. If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant's
character and business responsibility are found to be unsatisfactory,
the application shall be denied. If, as a result of the investigation,
the character and business reputation of the applicant appear to be
satisfactory, the Mayor shall so certify in writing on the application,
and a license shall then be issued by the Mayor, upon the payment
of the required fee.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
with the provisions of this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
This ordinance shall take effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by law.