[Adopted 5-4-2009 ATM by Art. 31, approved 8-24-2009]
This article shall be known as the "Door-to-Door Solicitation
Law of the Town of Yarmouth."
The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
DOOR-TO-DOOR SALES
The in-person solicitation of sales of goods or services
for present or future delivery by entry upon residential property,
including multifamily or duplex residential property, or by soliciting
persons located on residential property from a street, sidewalk or
other adjacent property, without the prior invitation of the person
to be solicited.
NO SOLICITATION LIST
A list of residential addresses in the Town, organized alphabetically
by street name, indicating those residential properties placed on
the list at the request of the owner or occupant indicating that he
or she does not want sales agents to enter his or her property.
SALES ORGANIZATION
Any entity engaged in the supervision, recruitment, retention
or employment of a salesperson or salespersons, including any person
or representative thereof.
SALESPERSON
Any person engaged in door-to-door sales of goods or services
for present or future delivery.
SALES SUPERVISOR
Any person who directs or supervises a salesperson or salespersons
engaged in door-to-door sales.
The Town of Yarmouth door-to-door sales permit process shall
be administered by the Yarmouth Police Department.
Subject to the provisions of the Massachusetts Criminal Records
Offender Statute, MGL c. 6, § 167 et seq., and regulations
promulgated thereunder, the Yarmouth Police Department shall conduct
a criminal records check of each applicant for a Town of Yarmouth
door-to-door sales permit to determine the applicant's fitness and
suitability to conduct door-to-door sales.
The invalidity of any portion or portions of this article shall
not invalidate any other portion, provision or section thereof.