[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Branchville 5-18-1933 by Ord. No. 30. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for hawkers, peddlers, transient merchants or itinerant vendors to offer for sale any kind of goods, wares or merchandise within the Borough of Branchville without first obtaining a license as hereinafter provided.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
HAWKER OR PEDDLER
One who goes from place to place, following the streets and calling on house to house for the purpose of exhibiting and selling goods, wares or merchandise to consumers.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT OR ITINERANT VENDOR
One who hires or rents a room or building fronting on a street for the purpose of selling goods, wares, merchandise or bankrupt stock with the intent of closing out or discontinuing the business within a year from the date of commencement.
The license fee for hawkers or peddlers shall be $5 per day, $25 per month and $75 per year. Every license shall terminate at the end of the term granted.
Applications for such license shall be made to the Borough Clerk, who, on payment of the fee, shall issue to the licensee a badge or card which shall state the name of the person to whom granted, his age, the fee paid, the duration of the license and bear the signature of the Borough Clerk.
Every such licensee while engaged in selling goods, wares or merchandise within the Borough of Branchville shall at all times carry said license badge or card conspicuously displayed on his coat lapel.
A transient merchant or itinerant vendor shall pay a license fee of not more than $500 for a license which shall continue in favor of the person to whom granted for a period of 180 days from the date the same is issued.
On payment of said license fee, the Borough Clerk shall issue to such transient merchant or itinerant vendor a card which shall state the name of the person, persons or corporation to whom granted, the amount of license fee paid, duration of same and bear the signature of the Borough Clerk, which said license card shall at all times be conspicuously displayed in said store during the term thereof.
[Amended 9-2-1987 by Ord. No. 9-87]
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to those persons exempted therefrom by any statute of this state.
[Amended 9-2-1987 by Ord. No. 9-87; 1-16-2008 by Ord. No. 01-2008]
Any person required by this chapter to procure a license who violates its terms or fails to comply with the New Jersey Public Laws of 1931 (N.J.S.A. 45:24-1 et seq.) shall be subject to the penalties provided by § 1-15 of this Code.