[Code 1966, § 14.02(1)]
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
A person who travels from place to place and from house to house, offering for sale and selling articles of merchandise which he carries.
SOLICITOR
A person who travels from place to place taking orders for goods by sample or otherwise which he later delivers. It does not include professional solicitation and collection of funds for charitable purposes as regulated by W.S.A., § 440.41.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT
A person who engages in the sale of merchandise at any place in the Village temporarily, and who does not intend to become and does not become a permanent merchant of such place. For the purposes of this article, sale of merchandise includes a sale in which the personal services rendered upon, or in connection with such merchandise constitutes the greater part of value for the price received.
TRUCKER
A person who transports produce, not grown by him, in a truck or other vehicles from a point without or within the Village and who sells the produce directly from such vehicle to retail merchants without advance orders.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(10)]
The penalty for violation of any provision of this article shall be a penalty as provided in § 1-12. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day on which a violation occurs or continues.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(2)]
No person shall engage in the business of peddler, trucker, solicitor or transient merchant within the Village without first obtaining a license from the Chief of Police in compliance with the provisions of this article.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(3)]
(a) 
This article or any part of this article shall not apply to the following: Newsboys, merchants delivering goods in the regular course of business; vendors of milk, bakery goods, groceries or ice distributing products to only regular customers on established routes; religious, charitable, patriotic or philanthropic organizations; and persons selling property at wholesale to dealers. This article also applies to transient merchants and peddlers at fairs, civic celebrations, Maxwell Street Days and the like, which have been approved by the Village Board.
(b) 
Persons holding a state license under the provisions of W.S.A., § 440.41, shall be exempt from the provisions of this article, but such person, group, or organization shall register with the Chief of Police, file a copy of the application on file with the state department of licensing as set forth in W.S.A., § 440.41(2), and a list of names and current addresses of all persons proposed to be used in solicitation in the Village. The Chief of Police shall make such investigation of each proposed solicitor as set forth in § 22-31. No fee shall be required under this section except for the actual expense of record checks.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(4); Ord. No. 852, § I, 11-15-2011]
At the time of filing application, an investigation fee in an amount as specified in the most current Village Board resolution shall be paid to the Village Treasurer to cover the cost of investigation of the facts stated in the application. The application shall be sworn to by the applicant and filed with the Chief of Police and shall contain such information as the chief shall require for the effective enforcement of this section and the safeguarding of the residents of the Village from fraud, misconduct or abuse.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(5)]
Upon receipt of each such application, the Chief of Police shall immediately institute such investigation of applicant's business and moral character as he deems necessary for the protection of the public good, and shall endorse his approval or disapproval upon the application within 72 hours after it has been filed with him, and shall issue or deny the license or permission in accordance with his findings after presentation by the applicant of a receipt of the Village Treasurer showing payment of the required fee.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(6); Ord. No. 778, § I, 10-18-2005]
The fee for a peddler's license and a transient merchant and trucker's license shall be specified in the most current Village Board resolution. No fee shall be required for a solicitor's license. Peddlers may employ one assistant and transient merchants may employ two assistants without payment of an additional license fee, but such persons must comply with the other provisions of this article.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(7)]
If the Chief of Police determines from his investigation of the application that the interests of the Village or of inhabitants of the Village require protection against possible misconduct of the licensee or that the applicant is otherwise qualified but due to causes beyond his control is unable to supply all of the information required by § 22-30, he may require the applicant to file with the Village Clerk a bond in the sum of $1,000, with surety acceptable by the Village President, running to the Village, conditioned that he will fully comply with the ordinances of the Village relating to peddlers, canvassers or transient merchants, and guaranteeing to any citizen of the Village doing business with him that the property purchased will be delivered according to the representations of the applicant; provided, however, that action to recover on any such bond shall be commenced within six months after the expiration of the license of the principal.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(8)]
(a) 
Consent of owner or occupant required. No peddler, trucker or transient merchant shall go in or upon any private residence, business establishment or office in the Village for the purpose of soliciting orders for goods, wares and merchandise or peddling or hawking the same or soliciting subscriptions for magazines or other periodicals without having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or occupant of such place.
(b) 
Display of license. Persons licensed under this section shall carry their licenses with them while engaged in licensed activities and shall display such licenses to any police officer or citizen upon request.
(c) 
Misrepresentation. No licensee shall intentionally misrepresent to any prospective customer the purpose of his visit or solicitation, nor the name or business of his principal, if any, nor the source of supply of the goods, wares or merchandise which he sells or offers for the sale, nor the disposition of the proceeds or profits of his sales.
(d) 
Loud noises and speaking devices. No licensee, nor any person in his behalf, shall shout, cry out, blow a horn, ring a bell or use any sound amplifying device upon any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public place of the Village for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares or merchandise which such licensee proposes to sell.
(e) 
Use of streets. No licensee shall have any exclusive right to any location in the public streets or sidewalks, or public way, nor shall any licensee be permitted a stationary location thereon nor be permitted to operate in a congested area where such operation might impede or inconvenience the public use of such streets, sidewalk or public way. For the purpose of this article, 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.
[Code 1966, § 14.02(9)]
Licenses issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked or suspended by the Village President for a period not to exceed five days pending hearing by the Village Board for fraud, misrepresentation or incorrect statements contained in the application or made in the course of carrying on business; conviction of licensee for any crime or misdemeanor; or conducting the licensed business in an unlawful or disorderly manner as to menace the health, safety or general welfare of the public.