It is hereby declared the policy of the Village of Greenwood
Lake to preserve and maintain public peace and good order and to preserve
and maintain the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Greenwood
Lake, and in so doing it is necessary to establish regulations governing
peddlers, solicitors, transient merchants, garage sales, auctions,
yard sales, flea markets, carnivals, circuses and temporary public
amusements within the Village of Greenwood Lake.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The maintenance, use or operation of premises within the
Village or the pursuit, exercise or carrying on within the Village
of a public auction market or mart or the auctioneering, vending,
peddling, hawking or the crying of goods, wares, merchandise or other
commodities thereat without a license as hereinafter provided is prohibited.
[Amended 7-6-1983 by L.L. No. 7-1983]
Any sale of merchandise, goods, wares, food, beverages, crafts
from a vehicle of any kind, booth, table or box, located on a space
on any private property, which space is used for a temporary time
for said sale, whether said space is rented or donated for the duration
of said sale. Sidewalk sales shall be considered, for the purpose
of this chapter, under the term "flea market."
Used merchandise, wares, goods, furniture or appliances for
sale on the private property of a noncommercial person, said merchandise
to be the property of the person conducting said sale, originally
intended for the use of said person and, generally, to be for sale
as a result of house cleaning, spring cleaning and/or moving or relocating
from a house or residence.
Any employee of the Village of Greenwood Lake, whether employed
on a temporary or permanent basis.
Any person, agent, consignee, owner or employee, traveling
by foot or using any type of wagon, cart, vehicle or conveyance whatsoever,
whether traveling from place to place or remaining in the same location,
who offers or exposes for sale any goods, wares or food of any kind
whatsoever, or who makes sales and delivers articles to purchasers,
or who solicits orders and, as a separate transaction, makes deliveries
to purchasers. The term "peddler" shall include "hawker" or "huckster."
Any individual or individuals, firm, partnership, corporation,
association or organization of any kind.
Any person, whether as owner, agent, consignor or employee,
traveling by foot or by any type of wagon, cart, vehicle or conveyance
whatsoever from place to place, house to house or street to street
who takes or attempts to take orders for future delivery for goods,
magazines, wares, merchandise, personal property of any kind whatsoever
or for services to be performed or furnished at a future date, whether
or not advance payment is collected. Such definition shall include
any person who temporarily hires, leases, uses or occupies any premises
or part thereof for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and/or
taking orders for future delivery.
Any person, peddler, solicitor or canvasser who engages in
a temporary business and who, in the furtherance of such purpose,
hires, leases, uses or occupies any premises or part thereof, wagon,
cart, vehicle or conveyance of any kind whatsoever for the exhibition
and/or sale of goods, food, wares or merchandise. The person so engaged
shall not be relieved from complying with applicable provisions of
this chapter merely by associating temporarily with any local dealer,
trader or merchant or by conducting such transient business in connection
with, as part of or in the name of any local dealer, trader or merchant.
