As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PEDDLER Any person hawking, peddling, vending, selling or soliciting orders for merchandise, seeking donations or conducting surveys in the streets and public ways of the City or from house to house and/or door to door shall be deemed to be a peddler. An ice-cream truck and other similar food trucks or carts shall be considered peddlers.
SOLICITOR Any person going from house to house, from store to store, from place to place or from street to street to sell or take orders for goods, wares, merchandise or provisions, including books or periodicals, for future delivery, or for services to be performed at any place within the City of Beacon, or to distribute advertising matter or request the contribution of funds in connection with a commercial enterprise.
A person who is in possession of a license issued to a peddler using a vehicle may employ one person and no more to assist such peddler in selling and delivering the wares and merchandise, but such person who may so assist the licensed peddler without any additional license may only so act while accompanying a licensed peddler.
In the event that any license lawfully issued under this chapter is lost by the holder thereof, she/he must report that fact to the City Clerk, who, if satisfied as to the facts establishing the loss of a license, may thereupon issue a duplicate license to the peddler or solicitor whose license has been lost. Such duplicate license shall be plainly marked upon the face thereof "duplicate."
[Added 9-5-2017 by L.L. No. 9-2017]
A. The City Clerk shall maintain a "Do Not Solicit" list of City residents who do not wish to allow registrants under this chapter upon their property. The "Do Not Solicit" list shall contain only the street address of the property and no personal ownership information.
B. All residents shall be permitted to have their property listed on the "Do Not Solicit" list by submitting a written or electronic request to the office of the City Clerk.
C. On a quarterly basis, the City Assessor shall notify the City Clerk of any change in ownership of property within the City, and the City Clerk shall remove from the "Do Not Solicit" list any property for which ownership shall have changed subsequent to the time of listing.
D. Every registrant under this chapter shall be issued a copy of the then-current "Do Not Solicit" list simultaneously with the license issued by the City Clerk pursuant to §Â
163-10 hereof. Where more than one individual will be engaged in canvassing or soliciting activities on behalf of an organization, group, company or other entity, it shall be the obligation of that entity to provide true copies of the "Do Not Solicit" list to each such individual. No canvasser or solicitor licensed under §Â
163-7 of this chapter shall enter onto or into any property that is listed on the "Do Not Solicit" list.
E. No canvasser or solicitor registered under this chapter shall enter onto or into any property on which there is a sign or signs posted stating "No Solicitors" or conveying a similar message forbidding the entry of any person onto the property. It shall be the responsibility of registered canvassers and solicitors to check each residence for the presence of any such notice.
F. Being listed on the "Do Not Solicit" list or the presence of such a sign shall constitute sufficient notice to any registered canvasser or solicitor of the intent of the occupant of the residence to be free from such solicitation or canvassing.
G. It shall constitute a violation of this chapter punishable under §Â
163-12 for any registered canvasser or solicitor to go upon any premises and ring a doorbell, knock, or make or create any sound designed to attract the attention of the occupant with the purpose of gaining access to the occupant or entering onto or into the premises for the purpose of engaging in soliciting or canvassing where the premises is either included on the "Do Not Solicit" list or posted in the manner described in Subsection
E of this section.
The City Clerk shall be the licensing officer and the commissioner of licenses for the purposes enumerated in the General Business Law of the State of New York and shall keep a record in his/her office of each license issued and all renewals.
Any person, association, partnership or corporation violating any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $250 for each violation or by imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or a combination of both.