As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ITINERANT MERCHANT
Any person who engages in the selling of wares, merchandise
or services from place to place, meeting and dealing with people where
he finds them and not maintaining a permanent place of business, nor
having a definite place of sale, within the confines of the Borough,
equipped to sell the goods, wares or merchandise or to perform the
services intended to be performed.
ITINERANT PEDDLING
The going about of a merchant from place to place, meeting
and dealing with his customers where he finds them.
ITINERANT VENDOR
Any person who engages in temporary or transit merchandising
business and not maintaining a permanent place of business within
the confines of the Borough.
No person shall carry on a business of itinerant vendors, itinerant
peddlers or itinerant merchants in the Borough without first having
procured a license from the Borough to do so or without complying
with any and all of the provisions of this article.
All applications for licenses under this article shall be made to the Chief of Police, who shall issue the license upon satisfactory completion of the investigation required by §
343-3 and upon payment of the required fee. In addition to the information required by §
343-2, the applicant shall furnish a photograph and submit to fingerprinting when so requested by the Police Department.
[Amended 10-20-1986 by Ord. No. 86-16]
The license shall remain in full force and effect for a period
of 180 days from its date of issuance.
[Amended 12-19-1983 by Ord. No. 22-83; 10-20-1986 by Ord. No. 86-16]
The sum of $250 shall be paid by the applicant for each and
every individual to be licensed under this article. Each firm or corporation
shall be required to obtain an individual license for each person
engaged in itinerant mercantile business in the Borough. No refund
shall be made on any license fee on account of cessation of business
after the license shall have been issued. The Mayor and Council reserve
the right to waive the fee.
[Added 10-20-1986 by Ord. No. 86-16]
Any transient merchant or itinerant vendor who fails to comply
with the requirements of this article or any part thereof, or makes
a false or fraudulent representation in any statement required by
this article to be filed by him, or falsely represents by advertising
or otherwise that such personal property is in whole or in part damaged
goods saved from fire, or makes any false statement as to the previous
history or character of such personal property, shall be subject to
a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $200, or may be committed
for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both.