As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PEDDLER
A.
Any person, whether a resident of the City or not, traveling
from place to place by foot, automotive vehicle or any other type
of conveyance, transporting merchandise, foodstuffs or beverages,
offering and exposing the same for sale or making sales and delivering
articles to purchasers. Hawkers, hucksters and vendors are included.
B.
"Peddler" shall also include all transient merchants and itinerant
vendors, as defined in N.J.S.A. 45:24-1 and N.J.S.A. 45:24-8.
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No peddler shall have any exclusive right to any location, nor
shall he/she be permitted to operate in any congested area where his/her
operations might impede or inconvenience the public. For the purpose
of this section, the judgment of a police officer, exercised in good
faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to whether the area is congested
or the public impeded or inconvenienced. Peddlers shall be able to
reserve parking spaces for a stand.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, hawk or peddle in the City any of the items listed in §
301-2 unless the time for sale is found to be reasonable and within the constitutional guidelines for the sale of these items.
It shall be the duty of any police officer of the City to require
any person seen peddling and who is not known by such officer to be
duly licensed to produce his/her peddler's license and to enforce
the provisions of this article against any person found to be violating
the same.
The equipment used or employed by peddlers of foodstuffs, beverages,
confections and other related commodities shall be maintained in a
clean and sanitary manner and be subject to the inspection of the
Department of Health or its authorized agents. Any violation found
and not immediately corrected shall be grounds for revocation of the
license.