[Adopted 3-1-1915; amended 9-22-2005]
A. 
No person shall in any part of a public street, road, square, avenue, lane or way within the Town of Kennebunkport, Maine, carry on any trade or business without a written permit from the municipal officers of the Town of Kennebunkport.
B. 
The municipal officers may grant a written permit to any person, persons or corporation to carry on a certain trade or business in any said public places for a period of time not longer than three days, provided the business is not otherwise prohibited by law. The municipal officers may, in writing, revoke the permit at any time.
A. 
No person shall in any part of a public street, road, square, avenue, lane or way within the Town of Kennebunkport, Maine, carry any passengers for hire in any kind of vehicle, unless the same is especially allowed by law or some ordinance of Kennebunkport, without a written permit so to do from the municipal officers of the Town of Kennebunkport.
B. 
The municipal officers may grant a written permit to any person, persons, or corporation to carry passengers for hire, in any public places, for a period of time not longer than three days, provided the business is not otherwise prohibited by law. The municipal officers may, in writing, revoke the permit at any time.
[Amended 11-3-2020]
The municipal officers shall annually set the amount of the permit fee.
Liability insurance must be carried by the owner of the business in at least the following amount: $500,000 general liability combined single limit. Evidence of insurance must be presented prior to the issuance of a permit with the Town as an additional named certificate holder. Thirty days' advance notice of cancellation shall be required.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this article shall not affect the validity of any other section or provision of this article.
The Chief of Police or any of his designated officers will enforce this article. Any officer who observes a violation of this article may summons that individual to the District Court. Any officer who receives a complaint of a violation of this article from a citizen may, after investigation of the complaint and determining that sufficient evidence exists to conclude that a violation of the article occurred, summons the offender to the District Court.
A. 
Any person adjudicated in violation of this article shall be liable for a civil penalty.
(1) 
First offense: written warning and a copy of this article.
(2) 
Second and subsequent offenses shall be not less than $100 and not more than $500.
B. 
Any second or subsequent offender of this article who is summonsed for violation may waive all court action by payment of the civil penalty to the Town within 10 days of the date of the summons. If the penalty is not paid and/or if court action ensues, the offender shall be liable for any and all costs incurred by the Town in enforcing this article, including but not limited to court filing fees and the cost of legal counsel.
All civil penalties collected under this article shall accrue to the Town of Kennebunkport.