It shall be unlawful for any door-to-door seller to engage in
door-to-door sales or solicitation within the City of Bayfield 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, patriotic or eleemosynary
person, partnership, association or corporation, but shall not include
religious organizations.
CLERK
The City of Bayfield Clerk.
DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLER
Any individual who, for him/herself, or for a partnership, association or corporation, sells goods, or takes sales orders for the later delivery of goods, by going door to door within the City of Bayfield. A door-to-door seller does not include "direct sellers" as defined in Chapter
200. The sale of goods includes donations required by the door-to-door seller for the retention of goods by a donor or prospective customer.
GOODS
Includes personal property of any kind and shall include
goods provided incidental to services offered or sold.
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.
The following shall be exempt from all provisions of this chapter:
A. Any person delivering newspapers, fuel, dairy products or bakery
goods to regular customers on established routes;
B. Any person selling goods at wholesale to dealers in such goods;
C. Any permanent merchant or employee thereof who takes orders away
from the established place of business for goods regularly offered
for sale by such merchant within this county and who delivers such
goods in their regular course of business;
D. Any person who has an established place of business where the goods
being sold are offered for sale on a regular basis, and in which the
buyer has initiated contact with, and specifically requested a home
visit by, said person;
E. Any person who has had, or one who represents a company which has
had, a prior business transaction, such as a prior sale or credit
arrangement, with the prospective customer;
F. Any person selling or offering for sale a service unconnected with
the sale or offering for sale of goods;
G. Any employee, officer or agent of a charitable organization who engages
in door-to-door sales for or on behalf of said organization, provided
that there is submitted to the City Clerk proof that such charitable
organization is registered under § 440.42, Wis. Stats. Any
charitable organization not registered under § 440.42, Wis.
Stats., or which is exempt from that statute's registration requirements,
shall be required to register under this chapter; it is intended to
include any employee, officer, agent or member of any local charitable
organization having a local group or association.
H. Any religious or charitable organization permanently established
and located in the City.
I. Any farmer selling produce raised by that person, except that sales
shall not be conducted on a public right-of-way.
Any person denied registration may appeal the denial through
the appeal procedure provided by ordinance or resolution of the Common
Council or, if none has been adopted, under the provisions of §§ 68.01
through 68.16, Wis. Stats.