Sec. 8-142. - Application; issuance; expiration.

(a)

All persons desiring a peddlers or hawkers license as required in section 8-141 shall make application to the city clerk for such license, and the city clerk, after granting of the application by the council, may issue a license subject to the approval of the chief of police and the state health inspector if food is involved, to such persons to sell the articles and substances mentioned in section 8-141 in such manner as shall be specified in the license and in the permitted area as is designated by the city council and is approved by the chief of police for reasons relating to public health and safety for the period from the date of such license until December 1 next ensuing such date. No licensee shall hawk or peddle in any other area than that to which he/she is permitted under the license granted by the city. Violations of such may result in loss of license and/or fines pursuant to section 8-148 of this chapter.

(b)

An applicant for a peddlers or hawkers license may apply to the city clerk for a temporary license, and the city clerk, after approval by the chief of police, may issue the license allowing the licensee to operate under the same terms as a full license as described in subsection (a) of this section. The temporary license shall expire on the date of the next city council meeting following the date of the issuance of such temporary license, at which time the city council shall either grant or deny a full license as described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c)

The applicant shall, upon approval for a license required under this chapter, provide two so-called passport-size photographs of the individual authorized to act under such license. The city clerk shall, in addition to the license specified above, issue an identification badge containing one of the photographs of the authorized individual along with the effective dates of the license and such other information as the city clerk shall deem appropriate.

(d)

All hawkers are required to submit with their application a list of up to ten locations where they propose to stop and remain for any period of time so the police chief and the city council can review and approve the locations before the license is approved. If the hawker wishes to add locations at a later date, they must appear again in front of the city council for approval by the police chief and the council of the new location(s).

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-142; Ch. 445, § I, 8-12-97; Ch. 345, § I, 5-17-05; Ch. 643, § II, 3-15-16; Ch. 676, § I, 8-15-17; Ch. 723, § I, 8-21-18)

State Law reference— Hawkers and peddlers, regulation, G.L. 1956, § 5-11-1 et seq.; itinerant vendors, G.L. 1956, § 5-15-1 et seq.