[Adopted 12-21-1971 as Ch. VII, Sec. 7-2, of the 1971 Code]
As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A person in the business of selling personal property or
services who conducts his business from a fixed location, but who
does not intend to continue in business within the Township permanently.
A proprietor of a business which is seasonal in nature who suspends
business during the off-season shall not for that reason alone be
considered an "itinerant vendor."
A group of persons organized for philanthropic, charitable,
religious, patriotic or other public service purposes and not for
private gain. Examples of "nonprofit organizations" shall include
veterans, groups and organizations which assist the poor, the aged,
the sick, the physically handicapped or mentally retarded or which
aid victims of fire, flood or similar catastrophes. This enumeration
is intended to be typical and shall not be construed as exclusive.
A person who goes from house to house or from place to place,
whether on foot or in a vehicle, selling and delivering goods and
services.
This Article shall not apply to any of the following
persons:
A.
Any person licensed by the Commissioner of Banking
and Insurance or the Real Estate Commission of the State of New Jersey.
B.
Persons selling personal property at wholesale to
dealers in such articles.
C.
Any sale required by statute or the order of any court.
D.
Any person engaged in delivering merchandise or other
things in the regular course of business to the premises of the person
ordering or entitled to receive it.
E.
Any person soliciting votes for a bona fide candidate
for political office.
F.
Members of a volunteer fire company or first-aid squad
as defined by the New Jersey Revised Statutes.
Veterans who hold a special state license issued
under the laws of the State of New Jersey, physically handicapped
persons who are residents of the Township and persons selling products
grown on their own farms shall not be required to apply for or secure
a license or to pay any processing or license fee but shall comply
with all other applicable provisions of this chapter.
No person shall engage in business as a peddler
or itinerant vendor without having first obtained a license and paid
the license fee. Licenses shall not be transferred.
The fee for a peddler's or itinerant vendor's
license shall be $25 per year and $1 additional per year for each
helper, agent or employee.
A.
No person licensed under this Article shall engage
in business before 9:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. on weekdays or at
any time on Sundays. This subsection shall not apply to peddlers or
solicitors who are expressly invited by residents of the Township
to come to their homes at a different time.
B.
Peddlers selling ready-to-eat food products shall
be permitted to operate from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. any day, including
Sunday, but shall be subject to all other restrictions.
Every person licensed under this Article shall
conduct himself according to the following rules and regulations:
No licensee shall transact business from his
vehicle unless it is properly parked immediately adjacent to the curb
of a public street in a permitted locality. No licensee shall at any
time double-park his vehicle while transacting business nor transact
business other than on the curb side of his vehicle.
No licensee shall have an exclusive right to
any location in the public streets nor shall he be permitted a stationary
location on the streets or permitted to operate in a congested area
where his operations may impede or inconvenience the free flow of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic. For the purposes of this section,
the reasonable judgment of a police officer shall be conclusive as
to whether the area is congested or traffic impeded or inconvenienced.
A.
No person shall canvass, solicit or distribute circulars,
papers, cards or pamphlets, except such as may have been ordered,
without first having reported to and received a written permit from
the Police Chief.
B.
The permit fee in the case of canvassing or soliciting
other than for charitable or nonpecuniary purposes shall be $15. No
fee shall be payable in the case of canvassing or soliciting for charitable
or nonpecuniary purposes.
C.
The Police Chief shall have the power to grant a permit
to canvass or solicit, which permit shall specify the number of hours
or days that the permit will be in effect. He shall refuse to issue
a permit in all cases where the application or further investigation
shows that the applicant is not of good character or that he is canvassing
or soliciting for a project not free from fraud. The Police Chief
shall revoke the permit for failure or refusal on the part of the
permittee to observe the rules and regulations herein set forth.
D.
Before the permit may be issued, the applicant shall
make an application to canvass or solicit which contains, in addition
to general requirements, age, height, weight, place of birth, whether
married or single and a description of the project for which he or
she is canvassing. Each applicant shall be fingerprinted and photographed
before a permit is issued.
E.
No person shall canvass or solicit within the Township
except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. A copy of the
permittee's photograph shall be attached to his permit, which photograph
shall be furnished by him. The permittee shall exhibit his permit
to any police officer or other person upon request. The permittee
shall be courteous to all persons and shall not importune or annoy
any of the inhabitants of the Township and shall conduct himself in
a lawful manner. On expiration of the permit, the holder thereof shall
surrender it to the officer in charge at police headquarters.
F.
This section shall not affect any person engaged in
the delivery of goods, wares or merchandise or other articles or things
in the regular course of business to the premises of persons ordering
or entitled to receive them.
G.
This section shall not affect any person duly licensed
by the State of New Jersey to engage in the pursuit of his business
in the Township and, further, shall not affect any person employed
by any insurance company duly authorized to do business in the Township.
