As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PEDDLER
Any person, or corporation, other than nonprofit organizations
located within the limits of the Town of Winchester engaged in fund-raising
projects, and pupils in the Winchester school system soliciting or
peddling in connection with fund-raising projects approved by the
Board of Education or the principal of the school in which they are
pupils, who shall carry or expose, for sale or barter, or sell, vend,
hawk or barter any goods, wares or merchandise, including articles
of food or otherwise, or engage in the business of photography, or
assist in the doing of any of said acts, on foot or from any team
or vehicle, upon any of the streets or sidewalks or highways or from
place to place or from house to house within the limits of the Town
of Winchester.
PEDDLING
The doing of any one or more of said acts by a peddler in
pursuit of his said business.
No peddler shall engage in peddling at any Town-owned recreational
field or facility.
No person shall engage in peddling in or upon the streets, sidewalks
or highways of the Town of Winchester without first having obtained
a license so to do from the Chief of Police. This section shall not
apply to persons exempted under the General Statutes of this state
nor to children's lemonade stands. The Chief of Police shall have
the authority to issue such license upon application therefor; provided,
however, that a license fee as set from time to time by the Board
of Selectmen is paid in advance by the licensee, and such license
shall be issued for the period of one year from the date of issue.
No peddler engaged in the business of peddling shall ring any
bell or use any other noise-making device, mechanical or otherwise,
for the purpose of attracting customers for his business between the
hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time.
Any person who shall engage in peddling without being duly licensed
as herein provided and any person who shall violate any other provision
of this article shall be fined $200 and the Purchasing Agent and/or
Chief of Police shall revoke the license of any person convicted of
violation of any of the provisions of this article; and each sale
made in violation of the provisions and regulations herein contained
shall constitute a separate offense.