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.
