It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police,
the License Clerk, the Mayor and Borough Council and any police officer
of the Borough of Brooklawn to examine all places of business and
all persons of the Borough of Brooklawn to determine if this chapter
has been complied with and to enforce the provisions of this chapter
against any person found to be violating the same. Further, it shall
be their duty to require any person seen peddling soliciting, canvassing
or distributing and who is not known by such officer to be duly licensed
to produce his peddler's, solicitor's, canvasser's or distributor's
license, as the case may be, and to enforce the provisions of this
chapter against any person found to be violating the same.
No license shall be required of any person for
any mere delivery in the Borough of Brooklawn of any property purchased
or acquired in good faith from such person at his regular place of
business outside the borough where no intent by such person is shown
to exist to evade the provisions of this chapter.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Brooklawn
may authorize the issuance of special permits, without the payment
of any license fee or other charge therefor, to any public, charitable,
educational, literary, fraternal or religious organization having
its location in the Borough of Brooklawn for the conduct or operation
of a temporary nonprofit enterprise for a public, charitable, educational,
literary, fraternal or religious purpose. Applicant, however, shall
submit the usual application form in the manner as hereinbefore required
and shall operate, if granted a permit, in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter.
Any permit or license granted or issued pursuant
to this chapter may be revoked by the Borough Council, after notice
and hearing, for any of the following causes:
A.Â
Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made
in connection with the selling of goods, wares or merchandise.
B.Â
Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained
in the application for license.
C.Â
Any violation of this chapter.
D.Â
Any conviction of the licensee of any felony or of
a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
E.Â
Conducting the business licensed under this chapter
through application himself or any of his agents, servants or employees
in any unlawful manner or in such a manner as to constitute a breach
of peace or to constitute a menace to the health, safety or general
welfare of the public.
Notice of hearing for revocation of a license under § 107-21 preceding shall be given in writing by the License Clerk, setting forth specifically the grounds of complaint and the time and place of the hearing. Such notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the attention of the licensee, at his address indicated on his license application, at least five days prior to the date set forth for the hearing.
[Amended 12-19-2022 by Ord. No. 18-2022]
In addition to the provisions for revocation, unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute, every person, firm, association or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the fines and/or penalties as are set forth in § 1-15 of the Code of the Borough of Brooklawn. Each day that a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation subject to the penalty provisions of this chapter.
