No person shall place a vending machine on property owned or controlled by the Town without a license from the Select Board. The term "vending machine" shall mean any self-service device offered for public use which, upon insertion of a coin, coins, token, paper currency, or by other means, dispenses, sells or otherwise delivers food, beverages, either in bulk or in package, or any goods, papers or supplies.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Rockport 3-22-1997 (Ch. 14E, Sec. 1, of the 1997 Code of By-laws). Amendments noted where applicable.]
An application for a vending machine license shall be made to the Select Board on a form approved by it. No such license shall be for a term of longer than 12 months. Each license application shall specify the size of the vending machine, what shall be offered for sale from each machine, the exact proposed location for each machine and the power source for the operation of each machine. The name and address of the applicant and the name and address and telephone number of the party responsible for the maintenance of each machine shall be included with each application.
The Select Board shall not issue a license unless it finds that the granting of the license and the placement and operation of the machine will not have a negative impact upon the neighborhood in which it is to be placed by reason of noise, odor, light and trash, and will not have a negative impact upon the character of the neighborhood in which it is to be placed.