It shall be unlawful for any solicitor or canvasser as defined
in this bylaw to engage in such business within the Town of Ipswich
without first obtaining a license therefor in compliance with the
provisions of this bylaw. The provisions of this bylaw shall not apply
to any person exempted under Chapter 101 of the General Laws or to
any person exempted by any other General Law, nor shall this bylaw
be construed to prevent route salesmen or other persons having established
customers to whom they make periodic deliveries from calling upon
such customers or from making calls upon prospective customers to
solicit an order for future periodic route deliveries. Persons engaged
in the pursuit of soliciting for charitable, benevolent, fraternal,
religious or political activities shall be exempt from licensing after
notification to the Chief of Police or his/her designee.
A solicitor or canvasser is defined as any person who, for him-
or herself, or for any other person, firm or corporation travels by
foot, automobile or any other type of conveyance from place to place,
from house to house, or from street to street, taking or attempting
to lease or take orders for retail sale of goods, ware merchandise,
or services, including without limitation the selling, distributing,
exposing for sale, or soliciting or orders for magazines, books, periodicals
or other articles of a commercial nature, the contracting of all household
improvements, and/or for services to be performed in the future, regardless
whether or not such individual possesses, carries or exposes for retail
sale a sample of the subject of such sale or whether he/she is collecting
advance payment on such retail sale.
The police officers of the Town of Ipswich shall enforce this
bylaw. No license shall be transferred.
The Chief of Police is vested with authority to revoke licenses
issued under this bylaw. Any person aggrieved by such revocation may
appeal to the Select Board within seven business days, and a hearing
will be scheduled for one of the next two regularly scheduled meetings
of the Select Board.
Each license issued under the provisions of this bylaw shall
continue in force from the date of its issue until the 31st day of
December next following, unless sooner revoked.
A license issued under the provisions of this bylaw may be renewed
by the Chief of Police. An applicant requesting a renewal of a license
must apply in person for such license renewal and provide such information
as is required to obtain an initial license.
It shall be unlawful for any canvasser or solicitor to enter
the premises of a resident or business who has displayed a "no trespassing"
or "no soliciting" sign or poster. Further, it shall be unlawful for
canvassers or solicitors to ignore a resident's or business person's
"no solicitation" directive or to remain on private property after
its owner has indicated that the canvasser or solicitor is not welcome.
Any person violating any provision of this bylaw shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed $50 for each
offense.