[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 80, 7-26-76, art. II]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
PEDDLER
Any person over 16 years of age, whether principal or agent, who shall go from place to place within the Town 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.
SOLICITOR
Any person over 16 years of age, whether principal or agent, who shall go from place to place within the Town soliciting orders for future delivery of any goods, wares or merchandise, including magazines and other printed matter where full payment is required at the time of solicitation.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 80, 7-26-76, art. I; amended 12-13-2021]
No person shall act as a peddler or solicitor or otherwise carry on any trade or business upon the sidewalks or streets or highways or from house to house in the Town without a permit from the Town Clerk, unless such person is exempt from such requirement under § 9-43.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 80, 7-26-76, art. III]
(a) 
Generally. The provisions of § 9-42 shall not apply to persons who are soliciting orders of purchase for future delivery, selling, bartering or exposing for sale or barter goods, wares, or merchandise to regularly established customers, to salesmen selling goods to retail or wholesale stores for resale, or to industrial establishments for processing; to newsboys, local clubs, local school organizations, 4-H clubs, scouting organizations and those exempted under the General Statutes from the operation of the general regulatory power to Towns with respect to peddling.
(b) 
Festivals. In the case of the vending of any goods, sold at or upon the occasion of any public festival; charitable, educational, philanthropic, ecclesiastical, and civic organizations shall be exempt from § 9-42.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 80, 7-26-76, art. IV]
(a) 
Every person desiring to solicit or peddle upon the streets of the Town, except those exempted by § 9-43, shall complete an application blank provided by the Town Clerk for a solicitor's or peddler's license. Every applicant must first submit a request for a background check and pay the applicable fee to the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection before applying to the Town of Durham. Upon the filing of such application, the First Selectman shall require the applicant to give information concerning his place of residence, his physical description and business and whether or not he has been convicted of any crime, including any other reasonable information that may be requested by the First Selectman to adequately determine the business and purpose of such business. If the application is approved by the First Selectman, he shall refer the applicant to the Town Clerk who shall issue the license applied for as follows:
[Amended 12-13-2021]
(1) 
A solicitor's license for a period of 30 days, upon payment of a fee for each team or vehicle used in connection with such vending or peddling, for the privilege of so vending or peddling such merchandise.
(2) 
An initial peddler's license for a period of four months, upon the payment of a fee; the peddler's license being renewable on two successive four-month periods, upon payment of a fee on each successive renewal period up to one year.
(b) 
The amount of the license fees shall be set from time to time and a schedule of such fees is on file in the Town Clerk's office.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 80, 7-26-76, art. V]
(a) 
No person engaged in the business of peddling shall solicit or peddle any goods in the public streets within 200 feet of any school.
(b) 
No soliciting or peddling shall take place after 6:00 p.m., nor shall soliciting or peddling of any kind be conducted within the Town on Sundays or any holiday when the doing of secular business is suspended, except the vending of ice cream and refreshments.
(c) 
A solicitor or peddler shall conduct himself at all times in an orderly and lawful manner.
(d) 
No peddler or solicitor shall have an 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.
(e) 
The First Selectman may restrict or prohibit soliciting or peddling during such times as there are concurrent public or private events occurring within the Town which may create significant traffic or public safety issues.
[Added 12-13-2021]
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 80, 7-26-76, art. VI]
(a) 
Each permittee shall receive a written permit bearing the name of the permittee, permit number, and the words "licensed peddler Town of Durham" or "licensed solicitor Town of Durham," as the case may be, and with the expiration date of the permit.
(b) 
The permittee must carry the permit with him when engaged in peddling or soliciting, and must show his permit to any inhabitant of the Town on request. No such permit shall be used by any other person than the permittee to whom the same was issued.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 80, 7-26-76, art. VII]
Permits required by this article may be revoked for one or more of the following:
(1) 
Fraud, misrepresentation, or false statements;
(2) 
Violation of this article;
(3) 
Conviction of a crime or misdemeanor.
[Comp. Ords. 1983, pg. 80, 7-26-76, art. VIII]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article or any person who makes any false statements or misinterpretations of fact for the purpose of obtaining a license to solicit or peddle shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine in accordance with § 1-10 and each solicitation or sale being deemed a separate offense or to a revocation of his license to solicit or peddle, or both.