It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant to engage in
direct sales within the Village of Brandon without being registered
for that purpose as provided herein.
In this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
Includes any benevolent, philanthropic, religious, patriotic
or eleemosynary person, partnership, association or corporation, or
one purporting to be such, including, for example, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, 4-H Clubs and school organizations.
CLERK
The Village of Brandon Clerk or deputy/designee.
MERCHANDISE
Includes personal property of any kind, and shall include
merchandise, goods, or materials provided incidental to services offered
or sold. The sale of merchandise includes donations required by the
seller for the retention of merchandise by a donor or prospective
customer.
PERMANENT MERCHANT
Any person who, for at least one year prior to the consideration
of the application of this chapter to said merchant:
A.
Has continuously operated an established place of business in
the Village; or
B.
Has continuously resided in the Village and now does business
from his residence.
PERSON
All humans of any age or sex, partnerships, corporations,
associations, groups, organizations and any other description of a
collection of human beings working in concert or for the same purpose
or objective.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT
Any individual who engages in the retail sale of merchandise
at any place in this state temporarily, and who does not intend to
become and does not become a permanent merchant of such place. The
term shall include, but not be limited to, peddlers, solicitors and
transient merchants. The sale of goods includes donations required
by the transient merchant for the retention of goods by a donor or
prospective customer. For purposes of this definition, "sale of merchandise"
includes a sale in which the personal services rendered upon or in
connection with the merchandise constitute the greatest part of value
for the price received but does not include a farm auction sale conducted
by or for a resident farmer of personal property used on the farm,
or the sale of produce or other perishable products at retail or wholesale
by a resident of this state.
Any person denied registration may appeal the denial through
the appeal procedure provided by ordinance or resolution of the Village
Board or, if none has been adopted, under the provisions of §§ 68.07
through 68.16, Wis. Stats.