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Sec. 19-36. - Required.#
No person shall hawk, peddle, sell or offer for sale on any street, square or alley within the town any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles and substances, from vehicles or on foot, without first obtaining a license authorizing such person to sell such goods, wares, merchandise or other articles and substances on the streets, lanes, squares or alleys in the town, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with G.L. 1956, § 5-11-1 et seq.
(Code 1972, § 14-1)
Sec. 19-37. - Application; issuance.#
(a)
All hawkers and peddlers and all persons selling or offering for sale any goods, wares, merchandise and other articles and substances on any street, square or alley of the town shall make application for a license to the town council, even if such person holds a state license under the provisions of G.L. 1956, § 5-11-1 et seq.
(b)
Upon approval of such application by the town council, the town clerk shall issue a license accordingly to such person to sell such articles and substances in such manner as shall be specified in such license upon any street, square or alley in the town.
(Code 1972, § 14-2)
Sec. 19-38. - Fees; exemption from fees; expiration of licenses.#
(a)
Every person to whom a license is issued under this chapter by the town council, before receiving the license, shall pay to the town clerk the fee set out in section 11-1, for any one license for any one year.
(b)
No license fee shall be charged to any person selling religious books and publications on behalf of Bible, tract or other religious or moral improvement (organization) and which are sold for that purpose and not for any pecuniary profit; nor to any person selling or offering to sell or peddle any articles of household manufacture or articles manufactured with the licensee's own hands, nor to any person who shall receive a license from the general treasurer of the state in accordance with the provisions of G.L. 1956, § 5-11-1 et seq.
(c)
All annual licenses shall expire at midnight on the day proceeding the official date of the town's annual Independence Day parade as set by the Bristol Fourth of July Committee. All annual license fees shall be prorated in the following manner: licenses issued the day after the annual Independence Day parade through January 3 shall pay the full annual license fee, and licenses issued between January 4 through the day before the annual Independence Day parade shall pay one-half the annual fee. Annual licenses shall not include (1) the day of the Christmas parade as set by the Christmas Festival Committee, and (2) the day of the Labor Day programs.
(d)
Daily and weekly licenses shall be allowed from time to time as authorized by the town council.
(Code 1972, § 14-3; Ord. No. 2000-09, 4-19-00)
Sec. 19-39. - Transferability.#
No license issued under this chapter shall authorize any person, other than the one named therein, to act thereunder, and no license shall be transferable.
(Code 1972, § 14-4)
Sec. 19-40. - Limitations.#
Depending upon vehicular traffic situations anticipated and in order to safeguard the general health and safety of the public, the town council may limit the number of peddlers' licenses granted, which limit must be established by June 3 of each year.
(Code 1972, § 14-7)