[Prior code § 8-1.1]
As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:
ITINERANT VENDOR or TRANSIENT VENDOR
Any person in the business of selling goods, wares or merchandise who conducts such business from a fixed location and who does not intend to continue such business within the Borough permanently. No person shall be considered an itinerant vendor solely by reason of his or her suspending business during certain seasons of the year.
PEDDLER or HAWKER
Any person in the business of taking orders or selling merchandise who has no fixed place of business within the Borough and who, in the conduct of his or her business, goes from house to house or from place to place, whether on foot or in a vehicle in order to take orders for or to effect the sale of such merchandise or who is engaged in the practice commonly known as "peddling."
PERSON
One acting as the employee, consignee or agent of another as well as one acting on his or her own behalf.
[Prior code § 8-1.2]
The requirements of this section shall not be construed to apply to the following persons:
A. 
Any person selling fruits, vegetables or farm products grown by himself or herself, with or without the help of others, except that such person shall register in the same manner as a nonprofit-making vendor;
B. 
Any honorably discharged veteran of the armed services of the United States, as defined in, and who has procured a license under, the provisions of N.J.R.S. 45:24-9, et seq.;
C. 
Any person who conducts a judicial sale under the authority of state or national laws;
D. 
Any exempt member of a volunteer fire department, volunteer fire engine, hook and ladder or hose supply company, or salvage corps of any municipality, or fire district in this state, who holds an exemption certificate issued to him or her as an exempt member of any such department, company or corps, who is a resident of the state of New Jersey and who has procured a license in the manner and under the conditions prescribed in N.J.R.S. 45:24-9, et seq.;
E. 
Any person soliciting for a lawful and recognized religious, charitable, educational or political organization; provided, however, that the local chairperson or other person in charge of solicitation for such lawful and recognized religious, charitable, educational or political organization in the Borough shall apply for and obtain a license in the manner hereinafter provided in Section 5.40.040. All persons engaged in such solicitation shall carry identification cards signed by the local chairperson or person in charge of such solicitation. Nothing contained in this section shall permit any such person to engage in any business within these provisions without having first applied for and obtained the prescribed license;
F. 
Any person duly licensed by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance or the Real Estate Commission of the state of New Jersey;
G. 
Any persons selling personal property at wholesale to dealers in such articles. Nothing contained in this section shall be held to prohibit any sale required by statute or by order of any court;
H. 
Any person engaged in delivering wares, goods or merchandise, or other articles or things in the regular course of business, to the premises of the person ordering or entitled to receive the same.
[Prior code § 8-1.3; amended by Ord. 81-2 § 4, 1981; Ord. No. 2018-04, § 1,4-24-2018]
A. 
No person shall engage in, conduct or pursue any business in the Borough as an itinerant or transient vendor, peddler or hawker, as defined in this section, without first having obtained a license from the Borough clerk.
B. 
No license shall be issued until the certificate of inspection of vehicles by the Ocean County board of health is presented to the Borough clerk, license fee paid, and the bond required by Section 5.40.070 is submitted.
[Prior code § 8-1.4; amended by Ord. 81-2 § 1, 1981; Ord. No. 2018-04, § 2, 4-24-2018]
Applicants, including but not limited to a vendor, his or her agents, servants and employees, whose name or business shall appear on a license under this section, must file with the Borough clerk a sworn application in writing which shall give the following information:
A. 
Name of applicant, his or her agents, servants and employees;
B. 
Complete permanent home, local address, and place of business of applicant, his or her agents, servants and employees;
C. 
A description of the nature of the business and the goods, services and/or wares to be sold;
D. 
The length of time for which the rights to do business is desired and the days of the week and hours of the day within which business shall be conducted;
E. 
The source of supply of the goods, products or services proposed to be sold, where such goods, services or products are located and the method of delivery;
F. 
Two recent photographs which shall be approximately two inches by two inches, showing the head and shoulders of the applicant, his or her agents, servants and employees in a clear and distinguishing manner;
G. 
Appropriate evidence as to the good character and business responsibility of the applicant, his or her agents, servants and employees, which shall enable an investigator to properly evaluate such character and business responsibility;
H. 
A statement as to whether or not the applicant, his or her agents, servants and employees, have been convicted of any crime misdemeanor or violation of any municipal ordinance other than traffic violations, the nature of the offense and punishment or penalties assessed therefor;
I. 
The applicant, his or her agents, servants and employees shall be fingerprinted, if requested by the chief of police, who shall determine whether fingerprints are necessary for proper identification and which fingerprint records shall be immediately processed for classification and identification;
J. 
No license shall be issued until the application shall have been approved by the police department, allowing adequate time for investigation of the facts stated in the application;
K. 
Applications for partners shall be signed by all partners for the foregoing provisions of this section answered in detail as to each partner. Applications of corporations shall have attached to them individual statements in accordance with all of the provisions of this Subsection relating to each and every employee, agent or servant who shall engage in any of the functions authorized by this section and signed by each agent, servant or employee, and full compliance by each such individual.
[Ord. 2004-2 § 1, 2005; Ord. No. 2018-04, § 3, 4-24-2018]
A. 
The license fee for an iterant or transient vendor who conducts business from a fixed location within the Borough and who does not intend to continue such business within the Borough permanently may obtain a vendor's permit for $50 for each day in which he or she vends in Ship Bottom. The fee shall be received upon time of application and are non-refundable.
B. 
Valid mercantile licenses are exempt from the requirement to obtain a vendor's permit to vend at Borough-sponsored events.
C. 
No portion of the fees designated in this section shall be pro-rated for any part of the year.
D. 
Licenses issued by open public sale at auction pursuant to Section 5.40.150 shall be exempt from this section.
[Prior code § 8-1.6]
A. 
Each application shall be referred to the chief of police or officer in charge of the police department who shall immediately institute such investigation of the applicant's business and moral character as he or she deems necessary for the protection of the public good and shall endorse the application in the manner prescribed in this section within a reasonable period of time after it has been filed by the applicant.
B. 
If, as a result of such investigation, the applicant's character or business responsibility is found to be unsatisfactory or the products or services are not free from fraud, the chief of police shall endorse on such application his or her disapproval and his or her reasons for the disapproval and return the application to the Borough clerk who shall notify the applicant that his or her application is disapproved and that no license will be issued.
[Prior code § 8-1.7; amended by Ord. 81-2 § 3, 1981]
Prior to the issuance of any license or permit to any vendor, the prospective vendor shall file with the Borough clerk a bond to the Borough in the amount of $1,000, which bond shall be executed by the proposed vendor as principal, and a surety company licensed to do business in the state of New Jersey. The bond shall be in accordance with and for the purposes provided in N.J.R.S. 45:24-5, and shall remain in force for the term of the license to be issued and be conditioned as follows:
A. 
To indemnify and pay the Borough any penalties or costs incurred in the enforcement of any of the provisions of this section and to indemnify or reimburse any purchaser of personal property from the vendor in a sum equal to at least the amount of any payment such purchaser may have been induced to make through the misrepresentation as to the kind, quality or value of the personal property, whether the misrepresentations were made by the vendor or his or her agents, servants or employees, either at the time of making the sale or through any advertisement printed or circulated with reference to such personal property or any part thereof.
B. 
The bond shall be declared forfeited upon proof of falsification in the application for a license.
C. 
The bond shall be deemed forfeited upon proof of the violation of any of the provisions of this section by the vendor or his or her agents, servants or employees.
[Prior code § 8-1.8; amended by Ord. No. 2018-04, § 4, 4-24-2018]
A. 
All vendors who shall offer to sell, display for sale or sell or deliver fruits, vegetables and farm products from any vehicles which are wholly or in part open on any of the sides of the vehicle shall at all times keep all fruits, vegetables and produce of any kind and nature completely screened and covered with satisfactory materials in order to avoid and eliminate the accumulation of flies or any other insects from alighting around or upon any and all merchandise.
B. 
All vendors offering for sale, displaying for sale, selling or delivering sea food, meats, poultry or dairy products shall transport the same solely in refrigerated vehicles and all such products shall remain in the refrigerated portion of the vehicle at all times prior to the time of sale or delivery. The refrigerated portion, during the uses thereof in accordance with this section, shall be maintained at a properly low temperature to completely safeguard all products from a health and sanitary standpoint to the fullest reasonable extent possible for safety and welfare of the public.
C. 
No vendor shall at any time permit any waste materials or parts of produce or any other merchandise to remain in or upon any street, roadway, curbs or walks and shall at all times remove any such debris that may have fallen from his or her vehicle, so that the merchandise is immediately placed in metal containers as provided in this chapter.
[Prior code § 8-1.9; amended by Ord. 2004-2 § 3, 2005; Ord. No. 2018-04, § 5, 4-24-2018]
A. 
No vendor shall at any time permit any debris, waste material, rotting produce or merchandise of any kind or any unfit produce to remain in or upon his or her vehicle, unless it is contained in a leak-proof container having a properly fitted cover.
B. 
No vendor shall sell or attempt to sell any article to pedestrian or vehicular traffic, other than when his or her vehicle shall be properly parked immediately adjacent to the curb of a public street in a permitted locality. The vendor shall at no time double park when dealing with any of his or her trade, and in no event shall transact any of his or her business operations other than on the curb side of his or her vehicle.
C. 
The vendor shall prohibit, as reasonably as possible, the eating of any merchandise directly from his or her vehicle.
D. 
Before a vendor shall use a vehicle or mode of transportation in furtherance of his or her permitted business, he or she shall submit such vehicle to the health officer of the Borough for inspection and approval relative to compliance with this section and shall, whenever requested during the term of his or her license, submit his or her vehicle for reasonable reinspections for that purpose.
E. 
No vehicle or mode of transportation shall be used by any vendor unless it has been approved for use by the health officer and written approval shall remain in and upon the vehicle at all times and shall be shown by the operator to any member of the Borough police department, any official of the Borough, or any member of the public who may request to be shown the same.
F. 
No vehicle or mode of transportation shall be used by any licensee unless it has been inspected and approved for use by the Ship Bottom Borough police department and written approval shall remain in and upon the vehicle (both motorized and non-motorized) at all times and shall be shown by the operator to any member of the Borough police department, any official of the Borough, or any member of the public who may request to be shown the same.
[Prior code § 8-1.10; amended by Ord. 2004-2 § 4, 2005]
A. 
No person subject to the provisions of this section shall sell or attempt to sell in accordance with the terms of this section except as set forth in the preceding sections, before 8:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, except where expressly invited in the homes of the occupant thereof, and except as further provided in Subsection B of this section.
B. 
Peddlers or hawkers who sell or attempt to sell manufactured, ready-to-eat food products such as ice cream or custard shall be permitted to operate Mondays through Sundays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. subject to all other restrictions. This Subsection shall be strictly construed.
[Prior code § 8-1.11; amended by Ord. No. 2018-04, § 6, 4-24-2018]
Every person to whom a license is issued under the terms of this section shall be governed by the following rules and regulations:
A. 
All circulars, samples or other matter shall be handed to an occupant of the property or left in a secure place located on the premises.
B. 
No person shall enter or attempt to enter the house of any resident in the Borough without an express invitation from the occupant of the house.
C. 
No person shall conduct himself or herself in such a manner as to become objectionable to or annoy an occupant of any house.
D. 
No vendor or any person in his or her behalf shall use any amplifying device upon any of the streets, parks or other public places of the Borough or upon private premises.
E. 
All vendors and their respective vehicles or modes of transportation used in carrying on their permitted businesses shall at all times fully comply with all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this section, all other applicable municipal ordinances and all other applicable state laws, regulations or provisions pertaining thereto, particularly but not in limitation thereof, that may deal with provisions of health, safety and general welfare.
[Prior code § 8-1.12]
No vendor shall have any exclusive right to any location in the public streets, nor shall any vendor be permitted a stationary location thereon, nor shall any vendor be permitted to operate in a congested area where such operation might impede or inconvenience the public use of such streets. For the purpose of this section, the judgment of a police officer, exercised in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to whether the area is congested and the public impeded or inconvenienced.
[Prior code § 8-1.13]
A. 
Any nonprofit-making vendor shall be exempt from Sections 5.40.040, 5.40.050, 5.40.060 and 5.40.160 of this chapter provided there is filed with the Borough clerk or chief of police a sworn application which shall give the following information:
1. 
Name and purpose of the cause for which the permit is sought;
2. 
Names and addresses of the officers of the organization;
3. 
Names and addresses of the agents or representatives who shall sell goods in the Borough.
B. 
Upon being satisfied that such person is a nonprofit-making vendor, the Borough clerk or chief of police shall endorse his or her approval on the application. Each representative or agent of the nonprofit-making vendor shall carry proper identification or credentials indicating the name of the organization and the name and address of the representative and shall display them upon request.
[Prior code § 8-1.14; amended by Ord. 81-2 § 6, 1981]
No applications shall be considered or accepted by the Borough clerk prior to May 1st of each calendar year. No vendor's license shall be issued by the Borough clerk prior to May 15th of each calendar year. No license shall terminate later than September 30th of each calendar year.
[Ord. 2004-2 § 2, 2005; amended by Ord. No. 2018-04, § 7, 4-24-2018]
A. 
The number of licenses for peddlers or hawkers shall be limited to three licenses per year which shall be issued by open public sale at auction to the three highest bidders after public advertising therefor. The governing body may by resolution fix a minimum price, with or without the reservation of the right to reject all bids when the highest bids are not accepted. Notice of such reservation shall be included in the advertisement of the sale and public notice thereof shall be given at the time of sale. The invitation to bid may also impose restrictions and conditions on the issuance of such licenses, in like manner and to the same extent as by any other vendor. Such conditions shall be included in the advertisement.
B. 
No more than one license shall be issued to any one person or company.
C. 
Licenses issued shall not be transferable except in the case where the license was issued to a corporation or company and the business is sold or transferred in which case the license may be transferred for the remainder of the license period only.
D. 
Successful bidders shall be deemed "applicants" and must comply with all other provisions of this chapter.
[Prior code § 8-1.16; amended by Ord. 81-2 § 5, 1981; Ord. 96-21 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2004-2 § 5, 2005]
A. 
Any veteran who holds a special state license under the laws of the state of New Jersey shall be exempt from securing a license as provided herein for hawking and peddling, but shall be required to comply with all other applicable subsections of this section and shall be required to procure from the Borough clerk a special permit which shall be issued by the clerk upon proper identification and receipt of the special permit fee.
B. 
All persons holding a veteran's license shall be required to be present and occupy the wagon, vehicle or other type of conveyance from which goods, wares, merchandise or other products are sold when making sales and/or delivering articles to purchasers.
[Prior code § 8-1.17; amended by Ord. 81-2 § 5, 1981]
Vendors are required to exhibit their certificates of license at the request of any citizen or member of the police department.
[Prior code § 8-1.18; amended by Ord. 81-2 § 5, 1981]
The chief of police shall report to the Borough clerk all convictions for violation of this section and the Borough clerk shall maintain a record for each license issued and record the reports of violation.
[Prior code § 8-1.19; amended by Ord. 92-16 § 1, 1992; 3-24-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-05]
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to peddle, sell or otherwise market cooked or prepared foods for immediate consumption by the public, such as hamburgers or hotdogs. All peddlers or hawkers who sell or attempt to sell manufactured, ready-to-eat food products such as ice cream or custard shall be prohibited from peddling, selling or otherwise marketing any food product that is not prepackaged.
[Prior code § 8-1.20; amended by Ord. 96-21 § 1, 1996]
Any license holder, with the exception of the veteran's special permit, shall be entitled to one alternate driver to act as a relief driver, whose name shall appear on the license. The alternate driver shall be subject to investigation of applicant as indicated in Section 5.40.060 of this chapter, and shall be subject to the application fee indicated in Section 5.40.050.