This chapter shall be known as the "Town Hawker, Peddler, Solicitor
Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter shall be and is to prohibit and/or regulate
the peddling, hawking and soliciting of goods, wares and merchandise within
the Town of Vernon and to provide penalties for violations of such regulations.
As used this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS
Includes any building or store in which or where a person transacts
business or deals in goods, wares or merchandise he hawks, peddles or solicits
during regular business hours.
HAWKER, PEDDLER OR SOLICITOR
Includes any person, either principal or agent, who in any public
highway, public place or by going from house to house or from place of business
to place of business, on foot or by means of any conveyance, sells, barters,
offers for sale or carries or exposes for sale or barter any goods, wares
or merchandise except milk, fresh fruits, farm produce or meats.
HIGHWAY
Includes all that area within the legal boundaries of every public
highway and public way within the Town of Vernon.
PERSON
Includes any person, either principal or agent, or any firm or corporation.
SOLICITOR
Includes any person, either principal or agent, who goes from house
to house or from place to place or who sits or stands in any public highway
or public place, canvassing, taking or offering to take orders for goods,
wares or merchandise except milk, fresh fruits, farm produce and meats.
TOWN OF VERNON
Includes the confines of the Town of Vernon, for the purpose of this
chapter, exclusive of the City of Sherrill, Village of Oneida Castle and Village
of Vernon.
Nothing in §
89-5 of this chapter shall apply to any sales conducted by order of any court; nor to wholesalers selling to retailers or to merchants having an established place of business within the Town of Vernon; nor to farmers or truck gardeners who sell or dispose of products of their own farms, except as provided in §
89-6 of this chapter. This exception shall not apply to any sales conducted by order of any court or as otherwise provided by law.
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to be, stand or sit
within the boundaries of any highway within the Town of Vernon for the purpose
of or to hawk, peddle or solicit to sell, barter, offer for sale or carry
or expose for sale anything to any person or to any occupant of any vehicle.
No person shall be entitled to or shall receive any license for such purpose.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of §
89-5 or
89-6 of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.