[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Wayland 3-18-1974 by Art. 32 (Art. 6, Sec. 12 of the 1973 Bylaws); amended in its entirety by the Annual Town Meeting 5-8-1989 by Art. 22. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Junk dealers and collectors — See Ch. 126.
A. 
Every person who engages in a transient business selling goods, wares, periodicals or merchandise or who goes door to door for any commercial selling purposes, either as principal or agent, shall, before commencing business in the Town of Wayland, make written application, under oath, for a license to the Chief of Police stating his or her name and address, the name and address of the owner or parties in whose interest said business is to be conducted, their business address, a brief description of the business he/she wishes to conduct within the Town of Wayland and other pertinent data or information concerning the individual and/or the vehicles that they will be utilizing for business purposes. He/she shall also permit the Chief of Police or his/her agents to photograph him/her and to take a copy(s) of his/her fingerprints for the purpose of identification.
B. 
Every person who engages in a temporary business selling goods, wares, periodicals or merchandise or who goes door to door for any commercial selling purposes, either as principal or agent, shall, before commencing business in the Town of Wayland, make written application, under oath, for a license to the Chief of Police stating his or her name and address, the name and address of the owner or parties in whose interest said business is to be conducted, their business address, a brief description of the business he/she wishes to conduct within the Town of Wayland and other pertinent data or information concerning the individual and/or the vehicles that they will be utilizing for business purposes. He/she shall also permit the Chief of Police or his/her agents to photograph him/her and to take a copy(s) of his/her fingerprints for the purpose of identification.
[Amended 4-28-1997 STM by Art. 2]
[Amended 4-28-1997 STM by Art. 2]
In addition, said persons shall receive a letter of authorization from the Building Commissioner for the Town of Wayland which shall indicate that said persons are in compliance with the Zoning Bylaws and other bylaws of the Town of Wayland, rules and regulations and policies of the Town of Wayland concerned with conducting a business and the Massachusetts General Laws.
[Amended 11-8-2007 STM by Art. 9]
Upon approval of said application, the Chief of Police shall, within 10 days, excepting Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays, issue to said person a license in the form of a badge or identification card showing the name and a photograph of the licensee authorizing him/her to do business as described and approved in his/her application subject to the bylaws of the Town of Wayland and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The fee for such a license shall be established by the Select Board pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 22F, and it shall expire 90 days from the date of issuance or on the day of its surrender or revocation or of the filing of a report with the Police Department concerning its loss. Said license shall be the property of the Town of Wayland and shall be surrendered to the Chief of Police or his/her agents upon revocation.
Such license shall be affixed in a prominent place to the outer garment of the licensee whenever he/she shall be engaged in said business so that it may be seen by all prospective customers. Failure so to display the license shall be punishable by revocation thereof and a fine in accord with Chapter 1, Article II of this Code.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person conducting a garage sale nor to any person who goes door to door to sell goods, wares, periodicals or merchandise on behalf of any group organized for any of the purposes described in MGL c. 180, § 2.