Any person, firm, corporation or association
hawking, peddling, vending, soliciting orders by going from house
to house or crying goods, wares, merchandise or other commodities
in the streets, highways or public places of and in the Village of
Island Park shall be deemed a peddler.
No peddler shall ply his trade in the Village
of Island Park without first having obtained a license from the Village
Clerk and paying an annual fee or fees as hereinafter set forth.
[Added 5-15-1967; amended 3-16-2006 by L.L. No. 10-2006]
A. The annual license fee payable by peddlers shall be
set from time to time by the Board of Trustees.
B. Said license fee shall be due and payable on the first
day of May in each and every year and shall expire on the 30th day
of April in each and every year.
[Amended 11-16-1961]
No peddler or solicitor shall have any exclusive
right to any location in the public streets, nor shall any peddler
or solicitor be permitted to sell wares within 200 feet of a school
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on a school day, nor
shall any peddler or solicitor be permitted to stand in one place
for more than 15 minutes, nor shall he be permitted to stop within
200 feet of a previous stop, nor shall he be permitted to operate
in any congested area where his operation might impede or inconvenience
the public, nor shall he be permitted to operate within 200 feet of
an established business selling the same or related goods. For the
purpose of this chapter, the judgment of any police officer, exercised
in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to whether the area is
congested or the public impeded or inconvenienced.
[Added 3-19-1953]
The hours during which any hawking, peddling
or canvassing shall be permitted in this Village for persons duly
licensed as provided for in this chapter shall be from Monday to Friday,
inclusive, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.; and at all
other times, except as herein set forth, hawking, peddling or canvassing
in this Village shall be prohibited.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall
be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject
to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a term of not
more than 15 days, or both. Each day on which such violation continues
shall constitute a separate violation.