It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of peddler, itinerant vendor, solicitor or canvasser as defined in §
292-2 of this chapter within the corporate limits of the Town of Plainville without first obtaining a license as prescribed herein.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CANVASSER or SOLICITOR
Any person, traveling by foot, animal or vehicle from house
to house in the Town of Plainville, taking or attempting to take orders
for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise for future delivery, or
for services to be performed in the future, whether or not such solicited
sales are by sample, and whether or not deposits or advance payments
are collected.
PEDDLER
Includes "hawker" and shall mean any person, as defined in
this section, who shall go from place to place in the Town of Plainville
selling or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter, or exposing
therefor, any goods, wares or merchandise, either on foot or from
any animal or vehicle.
PERSON
Any individual or group of individuals associated in any
form, whether principal or agent, unless specifically exempted by
statute from the provisions hereof.
VENDOR or ITINERANT VENDOR
Any person, whether principal or agent, who engages in a
temporary or transient business in the Town of Plainville, either
in one locality or in traveling from place to place, selling goods,
wares, merchandise or foodstuffs.
Applicants for a license hereunder must complete and file with
the Chief of Police of the Town of Plainville an annual license application
form.
Any person soliciting, vending or peddling within the Town of
Plainville, whether or not required to obtain a license under the
provisions of this chapter, shall conform to the following regulations:
A. The solicitor, vendor or peddler shall conduct himself at all times
in an orderly and lawful manner.
B. The solicitor, vendor or peddler shall give a written receipt for
all orders taken within the Town of Plainville, which receipt shall
be signed by the solicitor, vendor or peddler and shall set forth
a brief description of the goods, wares or merchandise ordered, the
total purchase price thereof, and the amount of the down payment received
by the solicitor, vendor or peddler from the purchaser, if any.
No peddler, vendor or solicitor nor any person in his behalf
shall shout, make any cry out, blow a horn, ring a bell or use any
sound device, including any loudspeaking radio or sound-amplifying
system, upon any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public places
of said Town or upon any private premises in said Town where sound
of sufficient volume is emitted or produced therefrom to be capable
of being plainly heard upon the streets, avenues, alleys, parks or
other public places, for the purpose of attracting attention to any
goods, wares or merchandise which such licensee proposes to sell.
No peddler, vendor or solicitor shall have any exclusive right
to any location in the public streets, nor shall any be permitted
a stationary location, nor shall any be permitted to operate in any
congested area where his operations might impede or inconvenience
the public.
It shall be the duty of any police officer of the Town of Plainville
to require any person seen peddling, vending or soliciting, and who
is not known by such officer to be duly licensed, to produce his peddler's,
vendor's or solicitor's license and to enforce the provisions of this
chapter against any person found to be violating the same.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed $199.
Charitable, philanthropic, ecclesiastical and civic organizations
shall be exempt from any fees associated with the provisions of this
chapter, provided that each person before peddling, vending or soliciting
on behalf of the same shall register with the Police Department the
name and address of the organization, the name and address of persons
intending to peddle, vend or solicit and the purpose or object therefor.
A copy of such registration shall be provided each registrant.