Every person, firm, or corporation, unless licensed
as herein required, who shall as a hawker or peddler sell or offer
for sale any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, including food
and beverage, shall be fined $20 or imprisonment not exceeding 10
days.
Hawkers and peddlers shall be prohibited from
offering for sale any goods, wares or other merchandise whatsoever,
including food and beverages, within a one-thousand-foot radius of
like or similar established business, and newly formed business which
buy or lease property for the purpose of establishing a business which
may be like or similar to that of a hawker or peddler.
The Town Council shall issue and revoke the
license of any hawker or peddler at its pleasure.
The fee for each license for a one-year period
or any part of the current year for selling or offering for sale as
a hawker or peddler shall be $75.
No license shall be required of any person,
firm or corporation selling religious books and publications on behalf
of bible, tract, or other religious or moral societies for the purpose
of promoting religious or moral improvement, and which are sold for
that purpose and not for pecuniary profit.