[Adopted by the Board of Selectmen effective 7-11-1938; amended 10-24-1983; 10-28-1987; 9-24-1993; 9-6-1994 (§ 12a of the prior compilation)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
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.
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.
A.
In addition to obtaining a license from the Chief of Police as provided in § 288-5 above, no person shall engage in peddling either upon streets, sidewalks, highways or parking lots adjacent to publicly owned beaches at Highland Lake without first having been awarded a license to do so from the Purchasing Agent of the Town of Winchester after participation in a competitive bid process. This section shall not apply to persons exempted under the General Statutes of this state nor to children's lemonade stands.
B.
The Purchasing Agent shall have the authority to invite sealed bids
or proposals for peddling at Highland Lake by giving 10 days' public
notice thereof by publication at least once in a newspaper having
substantial circulation in the Town. All such sealed bids or proposals
shall be opened publicly. The Purchasing Agent may in his sole discretion
waive any informalities, divide the award, accept any bona fide bid
deemed in the best interest of the Town, regardless of cost, or reject
all bids. Such license shall be issued for the period of one year
from the date of issue. The Purchasing Agent may limit the license
to specific locations at his sole discretion.
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.
