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Sec. 19-1. - Persons exempt from chapter provisions.#
Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to milkmen, nor to vendors of ice or newspapers.
(Code 1972, § 14-6)
Sec. 19-2. - Prohibited areas and rules governing peddlers, hawkers, itinerant vendors, and mobile food establishments.#
In addition to the general ordinances and laws, all peddlers, hawkers, itinerant vendors, and mobile food establishments must not vend on school property or within school zones as established by the school department; must not vend on all town recreational areas, the town common and all town parks; must not vend in the downtown area, which encompasses the area surrounded by Church Street, Franklin Street, Thames Street and Hope Street; must not impede the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the town council may by special exception, upon issuance of the license or subsequent request to the town council, permit vending in certain areas of the town including public areas for specific occasions.
The chief of police shall, from time to time, submit to the council additional streets and public ways throughout the town which, in his opinion, because of excess traffic and congestion, are unsafe for the public welfare and safety for the selling or offering for sale of merchandise by peddlers, hawkers, itinerant vendors, or mobile food establishments.
(Code 1972, § 14-8; Ord. No. 2009-15, 11-11-09; Ord. No. 2012-04, 7-18-12; Ord. No. 2023-20, 11-1-23)
Sec. 19-3. - Display of license required.#
Any person who shall neglect or refuse, on demand by any police officer or any other person, to exhibit to such officer his license, shall be deemed, for the purpose of this chapter, to be unlicensed and to have violated the provisions of this chapter.
(Code 1972, § 14-5)
Sec. 19-4. - Sale of certain products prohibited; penalties for violation of section.#
The sale in the town of "silly string," "snappers," and all other similar products by vendors licensed by the town is prohibited. A vendor that sells and/or dispenses such products shall have such items confiscated and be subject to a fine of $500.00 for each offense.
(Code 1972, § 14-8.1)
Sec. 19-5. - License forfeiture for violation of town ordinances or state law.#
Any licensee found violating any ordinance of the town or law of the state, in addition to other remedies or fines, is subject to forfeiture of the license.
(Code 1972, § 14-9)
Sec. 19-6. - Peddling similar goods near established businesses prohibited.#
No peddler, solicitor, industrial caterer or itinerant tradesman of any kind shall sell or attempt to sell his or her products within 300 feet of any business establishment in the town which sells the same products.
(Ord. No. 2012-04, 7-18-12)
Sec. 19-7. - Sales prohibited during certain hours in certain areas.#
No person shall peddle, solicit or canvass on any highway in the town, except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in residential areas and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight in business areas, as such areas are shown on the zoning map of the town on file in the town clerk's office.
(Ord. No. 2012-04, 7-18-12)