[Adopted 10-30-1973 as § 7-2 of
the 1973 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person, whether a resident of the Township or not, traveling
by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle or any other type of conveyance,
from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street,
carrying, conveying or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, meats,
fish, vegetables, fruits, food, ice cream, fruit ices, soda water,
garden farm products or provisions, offering and exposing the same
for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers. "Hawkers,"
"hucksters" and "vendors" shall be included in this definition.
No person shall engage in the business of a
peddler within the corporate limits of the Township without first
obtaining a license.
The annual license fee shall be $75.
A.
No peddler shall have an exclusive right to any location,
nor shall he be permitted to operate 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.
B.
No peddler shall park his vehicle within 200 feet
of the nearest public, private or parochial school at any time during
which school may be in session, nor shall any licensee park his vehicle
for longer than it takes to make a sale to a customer.
No person shall sell, offer for sale, hawk or peddle in the Township any of the items listed in § 111-1 before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. nor on Sundays or holidays.
It shall be the duty of any police officer of
the Township to require any person seen peddling, and who is not known
by such officer to be duly licensed, to produce his peddler's license,
and to enforce the provisions of this article against any person found
to be violating the same.
A.
This article shall not be construed to include:
(1)
The delivery of milk, eggs, bread, newspapers or such
other necessary and perishable articles of food or merchandise of
the type commonly delivered on a house-to-house basis at intervals
of less than one week.
(2)
Federal census takers and polls or surveys taken pursuant
to federal, state or local laws.
B.
Any veteran or volunteer fireman who holds a special
license issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:24-9 shall be exempt from application
for a license, but shall be required to comply with all other applicable
sections of this chapter.
A.
The equipment used or employed by peddlers of ice
cream, foods, beverages, confections and other related commodities
shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner and be subject
to the inspection of the Board of Health or its authorized agents.
B.
Any violation found and not immediately corrected
shall be grounds for revocation of the license.
