A. 
"Itinerant merchant" means and includes any person or persons, firm or corporation, either principal or agent, employer or employee who engages in a temporary business in the town by selling or offering for sale goods, wares, merchandise or things or articles of value, for a period of not more than one hundred eighty days, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases or occupies any room, building, structure or stand on any real property, or on or adjoining any street or public place in the town. The person, firm or corporation so engaged shall not be relieved from the provisions of this section by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer, or by reason of conducting such temporary business in connection with or as a part of any local business, or in the name of any local dealer, merchant or auctioneer.
B. 
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of an itinerant merchant shall pay a business license fee of one hundred fifty dollars per year and shall be required to post a bond as described in Section 5.08.040, if the bond pertains.
(Ord. 30 § 1, 1985; Ord. 207 § 18, 2003)
A. 
"Peddler" means any person who sells and makes immediate delivery or offers for sale and immediate delivery any goods, wares, merchandise or thing in the possession of the seller, at any place in the town other than at a fixed place of business, but shall not include salesmen or agents for wholesale houses or firms who sell to retail dealers for resale or sell to manufacturers for manufacturing purposes or to bidders for public works or supplies.
B. 
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in such a business shall pay a license fee of one hundred fifty dollars per year per peddler.
(Ord. 30 § 2, 1985)
A. 
"Solicitor" means any person who engages in the business of going from house to house, place to place, in or along the streets within the town, selling or taking orders for or offering to sell or take orders for goods, wares or merchandise or other things of value for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future.
B. 
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in such a business in the town shall be required to pay a business license fee of one hundred fifty dollars per year per solicitor.
(Ord. 30 § 3, 1985)
A. 
All solicitors, peddlers, and itinerant merchants requiring cash deposits or who require a contract of agreement to finance the sale of any goods, services or merchandise for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future, shall furnish to the town a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars executed by the principal and any reliable surety company. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the making of final delivery of the goods ordered or services to be performed, in accordance with the terms in each order or failing therein, that the advance payment on such order be refunded within sixty days from the contract date.
B. 
Any person aggrieved or damaged by the action of any such solicitor, peddler or itinerant merchant shall have the right of action on the bond for the recovery of money or damages or both. Such bond shall remain in full force and effect for a period of ninety days after the expiration of such license, unless sooner released by action of the town council.
(Ord. 30 § 4, 1985)
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation, either employing or contracting with one or more individuals to have such individuals solicit the retail sale of any goods, wares, merchandise, services or other things of value for future delivery, or to sell or peddle such goods, wares and merchandise, who operate in the town longer than one hundred eighty days and who do not have a regularly established place of business within the town may obtain a principal's solicitor or peddler license and pay a business license fee of one hundred dollars plus twenty dollars for each solicitor.
B. 
In the alternative any bona fide resident of the town applying for an individual solicitor's or peddler's license to operate in the town shall pay an annual business license fee of fifty dollars each in advance.
C. 
The principal solicitor or peddler shall promptly notify the collector of the name or address of each individual solicitor or peddler hired or contracted with by the principal for solicitation or peddling. It is the responsibility of the principal solicitor or peddler to see that each individual solicitor or peddler receives a solicitor's permit as furnished by the chief of police before making any contacts for business.
(Ord. 30 § 5, 1985)
Persons, other than itinerant merchants, peddlers and solicitors, not maintaining a fixed place of business in the town, but who regularly render personal or other services or products either by appointment, call, referral or otherwise from place to place or house to house in the town are subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 30 § 7, 1985; Ord. 207 § 20, 2003)
A. 
Every person engaged in the business of peddling or soliciting must receive a certificate of compliance from the chief of police.
B. 
Every such person shall identify himself at the police department by signing and filling out an identification blank which shall contain the following information:
1. 
Name;
2. 
Age;
3. 
Permanent address, if any;
4. 
Local temporary address, if any; and
5. 
General description of person in such further detail as the police department may require, including fingerprints.
C. 
The identification blank shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars to defray the cost of conducting an investigation of the contents of the identification form which shall be conducted by the police department. Any individual, firm or entity exempt from payment of any business license fees under any provisions of this chapter shall also be exempt from payment of the fees provided by this subsection. This fee is in addition to any business license tax imposed by the town for nonexempt entities.
D. 
Upon making such applications and identification and complying with the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the police department to issue to such person a certificate showing that such person has complied with the provisions of this section. Such person shall thereafter retain such certificate and have the same upon his person at all times while engaged in any of the activities mentioned in this section, and it shall be the duty of such person to display the same to any party from whom he solicits any business upon request therefor.
E. 
Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this section is subject to arrest and prosecution for a misdemeanor.
F. 
If there is any evidence of misrepresentation made in any statement or application, or if the investigation of an applicant discloses that the granting of the certificate of compliance be detrimental to the public peace, morals, health, safety or general welfare, or that the applicant has been convicted of any violation of law involving moral turpitude, the chief of police shall recommend that the certificate of compliance be denied. The town manager shall accept or deny, upon the recommendation of the chief of police, any application for a certificate of compliance as described in the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 30 § 8, 1985; Ord. 207 §§ 21, 22, 2003)
A. 
Any solicitor who claims to be entitled to an exemption from the payment of any license provided for in this chapter upon the grounds that he or she is employed by a nonprofit, charitable or fraternal organization shall file a written, notarized affidavit disclosing the following information:
1. 
A list of all corporate officers of the organization;
2. 
A financial statement for the business for the most recent year;
3. 
The name of the immediate supervisor; and
4. 
Any other information which the chief of police and town manager may require to establish such claim of exemption.
B. 
Thereupon the application shall be forwarded to the town manager for his action upon the same and no such solicitor shall be entitled to solicit in the town unless and until the organization has obtained such permit.
(Ord. 30 § 9, 1985)