[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Interlaken 4-6-1945 by Art. 9 of the 1945 Code; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Garage sales and yard sales — See Ch. 79.
The hawking, peddling or soliciting of orders for goods, wares or merchandise of any kind is prohibited unless licensed.
The license shall be issued by the Village Clerk or Village police officer and numbered to correspond with a stub to be kept in a bound book, stating the name and address of the licensee, date of issue and kind of goods to be sold. The license fee shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees, payable in advance. The Clerk shall countersign the license and the license shall be carried by the licensee and exhibited to officials or residents of the Village on request.
A. 
Any person desiring to procure a license as herein provided shall file with the Village Clerk, a written application upon a form furnished by the Village Clerk. Such application shall give:
(1) 
The number and kind of vehicles to be used by the applicant in carrying on the business for which the license is desired.
(2) 
The kind of goods, wares and merchandise he or she desires to sell or the kind of service he or she desires to perform.
(3) 
Copy of driver's license showing name and address of applicant.
(4) 
Copy of driver's license showing name and address of person employed by applicant.
(5) 
Length of time the applicant desires the license.
(6) 
Such other information as may be required by the licensing officer to substantiate the above items.
B. 
If applicable, such application shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Director of Weights and Measures of the county certifying that all weighing and measuring devises to be used by the applicant have been examined and approved. Also, certificates of insurance may be required.
The license shall not be transferable. A licensee who permits another person to use the same or who violates any other Village ordinances shall forfeit the same. Licenses may be revoked for cause by the Board by service of the notice of revocation personally or by mailing to the address stated on the stub, in which event revocation is effective 24 hours after mailing the same. The Mayor or Deputy Mayor may suspend a license until the next meeting of the Board in the same manner as revocation.
At points where all roads intersect the Village line, conspicuous signs shall be erected on the right side of the street entering the Village, reading: "Peddler's License Required."
Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating any section of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct violation hereunder.