[Adopted by Ord. No. B-8 (Sec. 5-1 of the 1973 Revised General
Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person who conducts a sale by selling to the highest
bidder.
Any hall where dances are usually held.
Any person who goes from place to place by traveling on the
streets, roads or highways from house to house and purchasing old
papers, rags, metals or any other type of junk materials.
Any lot parcel or area used for the purpose of selling new
or used motor vehicles.
[Added 10-25-2010 by Ord.
No. 2010-30]
Any person who goes from place to place by traveling on the
streets, roads or highways from house to house and carries with him
goods, wares or merchandise of any description for the purpose of
selling and delivering them to purchasers.
Any person selling goods by sample or taking orders for future
delivery with or without accepting an advance payment for the goods.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The fomrer definition of “used car lot,”
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 10-25-2010
by Ord. No. 2010-30.
[Amended 3-5-1984 by Ord. No. 2-84; 7-15-1985 by Ord. No.
34-85; 6-20-1988 by Ord. No. 22-88]
No person shall engage in the usual activities
of solicitor, peddler, auctioneer, junk dealer or used car dealer
without first having obtained a license to engage in such activity
from the Township Clerk, and no solicitor, peddler or junk dealer
shall cause bells to be rung by him or use his vehicle for the solicitation
of business or the attraction of customers in the Township after 9:00
p.m. or before 10:00 a.m., except that frozen dessert trucks may operate
until sunset.
A.
All applications for licenses shall be in writing
on forms furnished by the Township, signed by the applicant or the
agent of the applicant and presented to the Township Clerk. The application
shall state the name of the applicant, the correct name under which
the business is being operated, the residence of the applicant and
such other pertinent information as may be considered necessary to
properly consider the application. All applicants shall register with
the Police Department of the Township. All applicants for solicitors'
and peddlers' licenses shall be fingerprinted and photographed by
the Township Police Department for purposes of identification.
B.
All applicants for solicitors' and peddlers' licenses
who use a licensed motor vehicle shall provide the Township Clerk
with an insurance certificate evidencing at least $100,000 liability
coverage insurance.
[Added 6-2-1980 by Ord. No. D-308; amended 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8-83]
C.
Any person
aggrieved by a denial of his or her application may appeal to the
Township Council. Such application shall be taken within 14 days after
notice of the denial of the application has been mailed to such person’s
last known address.
[Added 10-25-2010 by Ord.
No. 2010-30]
D.
The Township
Council shall set a time and place for hearing on such application,
and notice of such hearing shall be given to the peddler or solicitor
via standard mail at the last known address, at least five days prior
to the date set for hearing. The Township Council may affirm, reverse
or modify the decision of the Clerk.
[Added 10-25-2010 by Ord.
No. 2010-30]
[Amended 6-23-1997 by Ord. No. 22-97; 1-9-2006 by Ord. No. 38-2005]
A.
B.
All licenses shall expire at the end of the calendar
year. The above fees shall be charged for the full calendar year or
any part thereof.
C.
A service fee of 25% shall be retained by the Township
on applications that are rejected.
No peddler shall have an exclusive right to
any location, nor shall he be permitted to operate from a fixed location
or in any congested area where his operations might impede or inconvenience
the public. For the purpose of this section, the judgment of a police
officer, exercised in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to
whether the area is congested or the public impeded or inconvenienced.
