The purpose of this article is to promote greater public safety, welfare, comfort and privacy, and to inhibit and deter crime, potential consumer fraud, and undue annoyance.
A. 
Except as expressly set forth in this article, no person or entity shall peddle, vend, hawk or sell upon any Town road or from house to house, not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants, anywhere in the Town, any goods, services, wares or merchandise, or any newspaper, magazine or other periodical subscription. For the purposes of this article, the terms used herein shall have the following meanings:
(1) 
"Entity" shall be held to include corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships and any other type of business entity as well as agents or employees as representatives of the same.
(2) 
"Mobile food service operation" shall be held to include a self-contained food service operation, located in a vehicle or a movable stand, self-propelled or otherwise propelled, used to store, prepare, display or serve food for human consumption. It shall include but not be limited to hot dog stands, food carts, ice cream trucks, canteen trucks serving construction sites, and food trucks.
(3) 
"Event" shall be held to include fairs, festivals, recreational competitions, and fund-raising activities that are scheduled in advance of the date on which they are held.
B. 
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the following:
(1) 
Political canvassers, as well as persons or entities duly authorized to act for and on behalf of any charitable, civic or religious organization, or on behalf of any organization that has been approved by the Board of Selectmen to come under such exemption.
(2) 
Sales by farmers and gardeners of the produce of their farms and gardens.
(3) 
Food delivery services.
(4) 
Mobile food service operations as permitted in this chapter, or for parties held on private property located in residential and other housing zones, as set forth in the Town of Ridgefield Zoning Regulations.