[HISTORY: Approved 1-16-1980, effective 1-16-1980. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Except as stated in Section 5.2, it shall be unlawful for any
peddler, canvasser, solicitor, hawker, itinerant merchant or transient
merchant, or transient vendor of merchandise, to go in or upon private
or public property in the Town for the purpose of selling or soliciting
orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or services, without
having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or owners,
occupant or occupants of said property.
The prohibitions of Section 5.1 shall not apply to sales by
local civic, charitable or religious organizations, or to the sale
or soliciting of orders for the sale of food and other farm and garden
products, laundry and dry cleaning services and newspapers.
Any person violating the provisions of this Article shall be
guilty of an infraction and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more
than $100 for the first offense. Repeat offenders may be assessed
a fine not to exceed $200 for each repeat offense.
