It shall be unlawful for any solicitor or canvasser, as defined
in this article, to engage in such business within the Town without
first obtaining a license therefor in compliance with the provisions
of this article. The provisions of this article shall not apply to
any person exempted under MGL c. 101 or to any person duly licensed
under MGL c. 101 or to any person exempted by another general law,
nor shall this article be construed to prevent route salesmen or other
persons having established customers to whom they make periodic deliveries
from calling upon such customers or from making calls upon prospective
customers to solicit an order for future periodic route deliveries.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
SOLICITOR OR CANVASSER
Any person who, for himself or herself or for another person,
firm or corporation, travels, by foot, automobile or any other type
of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house or from street
to street taking or attempting to lease or take orders for retail
sale of goods, wares, merchandise or services, including, without
limitation, the selling, distributing, exposing for sale or soliciting
orders for magazines, books, periodicals or other articles of a commercial
nature, the contracting of all home improvements or for services to
be performed in the future whether or not such individual has, carries
or exposes for retail sale a sample of the subject of such sale or
whether he or she is collecting advance payment on such retail sales.
The police officers of the Town shall enforce this article.
No license shall be transferred.
Any license granted under this article may be revoked by the
Chief of Police upon conviction by the licensee of any crime that,
in the judgment of the Chief, warrants such revocation, or upon submission
to the Chief of evidence satisfactory to the Chief that, during the
term of the license, the licensee has violated any provision of this
article, or for any other sufficient cause. Any person aggrieved by
such revocation may appeal to the Town Manager within seven (7) calendar
days, and a hearing will be scheduled for one (1) of the next two
(2) regularly scheduled meetings of the Town Manager.
Each license issued under the provisions of this article shall
continue in force from the date of its issue until the 31st day of
December following, unless sooner revoked.
A license issued under the provisions of this article may be
renewed by the Chief of Police. An applicant requesting a renewal
of a license must apply in person for such license renewal and provide
such information as is required to obtain an initial license.
It shall be unlawful for any canvasser or solicitor to enter
the premises of a resident or business who or which has displayed
a no-trespassing or no-soliciting sign or poster. Further, it shall
be unlawful for canvassers or solicitors to ignore a resident's
or businessperson's "no solicitation" directive or remain on
private property after its owner has indicated that the canvasser
or solicitor is not welcome.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon
violation, be punished by a fine in accordance with the fine schedule.