[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Norwich 5-11-1915 (Ch. 52 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch.
383.
Solid waste and recycling — See Ch.
364.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch.
486.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch.
525.
Vehicles for hire — See Ch.
533.
All applications for licenses shall be made
to the City Chamberlain. Every application shall be signed by the
applicant and shall contain a statement of the facts hereinafter required
for the various licenses. Except as herein otherwise provided, the
City Chamberlain shall make out and deliver all licenses upon the
payment to him of the license fee, as hereinafter provided, for the
various licenses and when the applicant shall have performed any other
acts or duties imposed upon him as condition precedent to the granting
of said license, by the Common Council or by any provision of statute
or the City Charter and ordinances of this City and the provisions
of all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. Every license
so issued shall be dated and numbered and shall also clearly state
the object for which it is granted.
[Amended 10-26-1920]
Every person, firm or corporation being a nonresident
of the City of Norwich, New York, desiring to operate a motortruck
or other vehicle regularly for the transportation of merchandise into,
through and out of the City of Norwich, New York, shall obtain a license
therefor from the City Chamberlain and shall pay an annual license
fee for such license, as set by the Common Council, on each truck
or vehicle so operated.
All wagons, carts or other vehicles to be used
in the licensed business of hawking and peddling, as hereinbefore
provided, shall, in a conspicuous place on the outside of the vehicle,
bear the number designated in the license under which such business
is carried on.
[Amended 4-10-1923]
No person or persons shall engage in what is
termed "junk business" within the corporate limits of the City of
Norwich, New York, unless having first procured a license for that
purpose from the City Chamberlain, and such license shall only be
issued upon the payment of the license fee hereinafter provided. The
license fee is hereby affixed at the sum as set by the Common Council.
Upon issuing such license, the City shall furnish therewith a brass
number plate having thereupon the words "License No. _____, Norwich,
New York." That such plate shall be fixed in a conspicuous place upon
each and every wagon or conveyance of every name and nature used in
the junk business within the limits aforesaid, and the absence of
such plate shall be regarded as conclusive evidence of a violation
of this chapter. Said plate or license is not transferable, and upon
expiration of the license, said plate upon request shall be returned
to said City.
No person shall sell or expose for sale upon
any of the streets or parks of the City, in stands or stationary wagons,
any popcorn, peanuts or other merchandise, without first obtaining
a license from the City to so sell or expose for sale. Such license
shall be obtained from the City Chamberlain upon the payment of an
annual license fee as set by the Common Council, and a written license
shall be obtained therefor.
[Amended 1-13-1950]
No person, firm or corporation shall engage
in the business of handling, moving or hauling garbage, ashes, trash or other form of waste material within the City of Norwich,
New York, unless having applied for and obtained a license for that
purpose from the City Chamberlain, and such license shall be issued
only upon the payment of an annual license fee as set by the Common
Council.
[Added 1-9-1948]
No person, firm or corporation shall engage
in the business of operating a coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order
cafe, luncheonette, tavern, diner, sandwich stand, soda fountain or
any other eating or drinking establishment catering to the general
public wherein food or drink is offered for sale, except bakeries
and boardinghouses, within the corporate limits of the City of Norwich,
unless having first applied for and procured a licenses for that purpose
from the City Chamberlain, and such license shall only be issued upon
the payment of an annual license fee as set by the Common Council.
All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter
shall be for a period of one year commencing on the first day of January
and ending on the 31st day of December next. Any license granted at
any time during the year shall expire on the 31st day of December
following.
[Amended 1-23-1940]
Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions
of this chapter, for which punishment is not therein otherwise provided,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty of not more
than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both, and
in addition thereto any license then issued to such person as hereinbefore
provided may be revoked by the Common Council at its discretion.
Upon the granting of any license or permit by
the Common Council or any officer having the power to grant the same,
the Common Council or such officer may impose, in addition to those
imposed by the Charter and ordinances of the City, such further limitations
and conditions as the Common Council or such officer may deem necessary
for the preservation of order, peace and health and the safety and
welfare of the City, provided such additional limitations and conditions
are not contrary to any provision of the Charter and ordinances of
the City or the laws of New York State. Such limitations and conditions
shall include the right to require a bond indemnifying the City against
all loss or damage which it may suffer or be caused by reason of any
act committed or omitted or other thing done as a result of the issuing
of such permit or license. All such bonds shall be approved by the
Common Council or person requesting the same as to amount and the
sufficiency of the surety. The City Chamberlain shall keep a copy
of all permits granted by any officer or department of the City.