[Adopted as Title 5, Ch. 5.16, of the 1986 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person engaged in selling or offering for sale fruits
and vegetables, either at wholesale or retail, without having a regular
place of business for the sale of such products in the City during
12 months of the year and during reasonable hours of every business
day in the year.
May be a warehouse or store during part of the year and a
fixed location in any open-air market during the rest of the year.
No person shall engage in or manage the business of an itinerant wholesale fruit or vegetable dealer as defined in § 279-10, within the City, without a license therefor from the Board of Police Commissioners.
The licenses shall bear the day on which they are issued and,
unless sooner revoked by the Board of Police Commissioners, shall
continue in force for one year from such date.
Each person licensed under this article shall pay a fee of $100. Any person coming under the definition of "itinerant wholesale fruit or vegetable dealer" as defined in § 279-10, employing in his business more than one vehicle, shall pay as a license fee, in addition to the $100 mentioned in this article, the sum of $100 for each vehicle in excess of one.
No licenses shall be issued for the purpose of engaging in the
business of an itinerant wholesale fruit or vegetable dealer until
there has been recorded with the Board of Police Commissioners the
name and residence or place of business of the applicant.
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Every licensee shall be assigned a number and shall be provided by
the Board of Police Commissioners with a badge which shall be conspicuously
worn or displayed by the licensee, such badge to be of such type and
design as may be approved by such Board.
Every vehicle or other receptacle used by a licensee as a conveyance
for articles offered or exposed for sale by a licensee shall have
attached thereto on each side a number plate to be furnished by the
Board of Police Commissioners with his license, bearing the number
and date of the expiration of such license.
Any licensee who fails, neglects or refuses to exhibit his license when the same is demanded of him or of his agents, by a commissioner or inspector or Sealer or Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures or a police officer shall be subject to the penalty as set forth in § 1-25.
This article shall not apply to commercial agents or other persons
selling by samples, lists, catalogs or otherwise, for future delivery,
or to any person who peddles or sells farm products raised or produced
by himself or his family, or to any peddler serving regular household
customers operating under a license as required by the ordinances
of the City.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as conflicting with
any license issued under the authority of the commonwealth.
Any license granted under this article or any ordinance amendatory
or additional thereto may be revoked for cause by the Board of Police
Commissioners.
