This chapter shall be known as the "Door-to-Door Solicitation
Law of the Town of Westwood."
This chapter is intended to regulate door-to-door sales by licensing
sales agents; establishing a No Solicitation List; and promulgating
reasonable time and manner restrictions on door-to-door solicitation,
including enforcement of the No Solicitation List.
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
person 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 they
do not want sales agents to enter their property.
SALES ORGANIZATION
Any entity engaged in the supervision, recruitment, retention,
or employment of a salesperson or -persons, 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(s) or
-person(s) engaged in door-to-door sales.
The Town of Westwood door-to-door sales permit process shall
be administered by the Westwood Police Department.
[Amended 5-6-2013 ATM by Art. 29]
Subject to the provisions of the Massachusetts Criminal Records Offender Statute, MGL c. 6, § 167 et seq., regulations promulgated thereunder and Chapter
339, Fingerprint-Based Criminal Record Background Checks, of the Code of the Town of Westwood, the Westwood Police Department shall conduct a criminal records check of each applicant for a Town of Westwood 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 chapter shall
not invalidate any other portion, provision or section thereof.