[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Hampton during codification 4-30-1974 (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for peddlers, solicitors or canvassers, as herein defined, to conduct their business or in any way solicit except under the conditions provided in this chapter.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
CANVASSER or SOLICITOR
Any person who goes from house to house, selling or taking orders, or offering to sell or take orders, for goods, wares, merchandise or any article for future delivery, or for services to be performed in the future, or for the making, manufacture or repair of any article or things whatsoever for future delivery, or for the solicitation of money for any purpose whatsoever.
DISTRIBUTOR OF RELIGIOUS MATERIAL
Any person distributing, without charge, printed material espousing, explaining or advocating an organized and recognized religion. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, such person shall not be restricted or curtailed by the provisions contained herein, except that § 78-8 hereof regulating the hours of such distribution shall apply.
PEDDLER
Any person commonly referred to as a "peddler" or "hawker," who goes from house to house and carries with him goods, wares and merchandise for the purpose of selling and delivering them to a consumer or consumers, but shall not include the distribution of religious material without charge.
No peddler, solicitor or canvasser shall sell or dispose of, or offer to sell or dispose of, or solicit for, any wares, goods, merchandise or services, within the Township of Hampton, without first having obtained a license therefor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and without having paid the license fee as hereinafter prescribed, which license shall expire on December 31 of the year of issuance.
A. 
Any person applying for a license under this chapter shall file with the Township Clerk of the Township of Hampton, on forms to be provided by it, an application for such license, together with the license fee of $50, which fee shall be returned if such application is rejected. Any person desiring a license as a peddler, solicitor or canvasser shall furnish the following information or identification items on forms to be supplied by the Township Clerk:
[Amended 4-29-1997 by Ord. No. 97-6]
(1) 
Name and age of applicant.
(2) 
Permanent home address of applicant.
(3) 
Name and address of firm or organization represented.
(4) 
Length of time license is desired.
(5) 
Description of wares, literature or matter to be distributed or offered for sale.
(6) 
Two photographs of the applicant taken within a period of one year preceding the application and not more than two inches square in size.
(7) 
The number, if any, of either arrests or convictions for misdemeanors, crimes or other infractions of the law in the nature of a criminal offense, and the nature of the offense for which arrested or convicted.
(8) 
The fingerprints of the applicant.
B. 
All applicants, except those specifically indicated in § 78-5 below, shall furnish with the application the following:
(1) 
A letter from the firm or organization for which the applicant purports to work, authorizing the applicant to act as its representative.
(2) 
Three business references from the County of Sussex.
A. 
No fee shall be charged nor shall the requirements of § 78-4B apply in the case of applications made to peddle, solicit or canvass solely on behalf of and for the benefit of any recognized nonprofit religious, charitable, educational, civic, political or service organizations. All other application requirements shall be complied with.
B. 
No license shall be required for any Boy Scout or Girl Scout who shall peddle, solicit or canvass on behalf of their organization while wearing their official uniform, nor for local volunteer firemen or first aid volunteers in the Township of Hampton while wearing clothing of suitable identification.
C. 
No fee shall be charged nor shall the requirements of § 78-4B apply to any person selling fruits and farm products grown within the Township of Hampton by such person, with or without the help of others. All other application requirements shall apply.
A. 
Following the filing of any application for license under the provisions of this chapter and the satisfaction of all requirements herein, the Township Clerk shall proceed to issue the license for which the application was made.
B. 
For peddlers, solicitors or canvassers, the license issued shall not authorize any person except the designated person named in said license to engage in such peddling, soliciting or canvassing. A separate license must be obtained by a licensed peddler, solicitor or canvasser for every agent or employee working for him.
Any person holding a license authorized by this chapter shall be required to carry said license with him at all times, and in door-to-door canvassing or soliciting he must hand the license to the person being solicited or canvassed, for inspection at the time said license holder first approaches the individual.
Peddling, soliciting and canvassing and distribution of religious material shall be permitted only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and sunset on Mondays through Saturdays.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge; and in addition thereto the Township Committee may revoke any license granted hereunder or may suspend any license granted hereunder, after reasonable opportunity for the licensee to be heard, for any violation of the provisions of this chapter or any other chapter of the Code of the Township of Hampton which may affect the operation of the licensee's business. In connection with the violation of this chapter, each day such violation shall be continued shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense and violation thereof.