[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Woodbridge 5-2-1983 as Ch. 5, Art. IV, of the 1983 Code;[1] amended 12-9-1998, effective 1-9-1999. Subsequent amendments noted where
applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter was originally
adopted by the Special Town Meeting 5-20-1957.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person, whether principal or agent, who goes from town
to town or from place to place in the same town selling or bartering,
or carrying for sale or barter, or exposing therefor, any goods, wares
or merchandise, either on foot or from any animal or vehicle.
A.
No person shall engage in the vending, hawking or
peddling of any goods, wares or merchandise (or services) of any sort
or description in and upon any public highway or from house to house
without first obtaining from the Chief of Police or his designee a
license therefor.
B.
Application for license shall contain proof of the
residence or residences of the applicant during the five years immediately
preceding the application, together with information concerning the
following matters:
(1)
The street or streets within the Town upon which the
applicant intends to engage in selling;
(2)
The date or dates during which the applicant will
be engaged, as described above;
(3)
The item or items or services to be sold and the place
of their manufacture or preparation for sale, and the principal or
principals for whom the applicant will be acting;
(4)
Any information concerning any record of arrests of
the applicant or his principal, or both.
The fee for such license shall be $75 for each
year or portion thereof, and, unless sooner revoked, all licenses
shall expire on the December 31 succeeding the date of issue thereof
(provided, however, no license shall be issued to permit sales on
Sunday, holidays, or at any time except during the hours of 9:00 a.m.
to 6:30 p.m.; and further, such license shall be for a term not to
exceed the time, which in the discretion of the Chief of Police, is
required by the applicant to complete his business). The license fee
shall be waived for a veteran who meets the criteria of § 21-37
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Every person so licensed shall, when engaged
in vending, hawking, or peddling, carry such license upon his person
and, when using for the purpose for which he is licensed, a wagon
(stand), cart or other vehicle, shall have displayed thereon a sign
approved by the Chief of Police or his designee bearing the number
of his license, the year of its expiration in numerals, and the words
"Licensed Vendor" in Roman letters, such sign to be furnished by the
Chief of Police or his designee without expense to the person so licensed.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police
or his designee to keep a record of all licenses granted under the
provisions of this chapter in a book provided for the purpose, giving
the number and date of each license, the name, age and residence of
the person licensed, the fee paid and the date of revocation of all
licenses revoked, as herein provided.
No person while so engaged vending, hawking,
or peddling shall stop upon any public highway except when he is actually
engaged in making the sale of an article.
This chapter shall not apply to sales by farmers
and gardeners of the products of their farms and gardens; the sale,
distribution and delivery of milk, teas, coffees, spices, groceries,
meats and bakery goods; sales on approval; conditional sales of merchandise;
and the taking of orders for merchandise for future delivery when
full payment is not required at the time of solicitation.
Every person who shall engage in the business
aforesaid without being duly licensed, as herein provided, or who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty
of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than $199 for each offense, and the Chief of Police or his
designee may, in his discretion, revoke the license of any person
convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter or from
any proper cause, upon presentation of due evidence.
