§ 112-2. Permit requirements and exemptions.
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A.It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in peddling or solicitation activities within the Village of Wolcott without first obtaining a permit issued by the Clerk; provided, however, that the following are exempt from the provisions of this section:(1)Any solicitation made upon premises owned or occupied by an organization upon whose behalf the solicitation is made.(2)Any communication by an organization soliciting contributions solely from persons who are members of the organization at the time of such solicitation.(3)Any solicitation in the form of a collection at a regular meeting, assembly or service of a charitable person or organization; or(4)Any solicitation for the relief of any individual specified by name at the time of the solicitation where the solicitor represents in each case that the entire amount collected shall be turned over to the named beneficiary.(5)Yard sales, garage sales or conducted residential auctions of personal household property or sales of a like nature conducted in connection with a dwelling in a zoned residence district shall not be deemed to be the conduct of a transient retail business so long as no more than two such sales of not more than three days each per year are conducted on any parcel or private property. The person conducting such sale, whether resident or auctioneer, shall not require a license, but is requested to register the proposed activity with the Police Department so that the Department may be alerted as to a possible traffic situation.(6)Persons engaged in interstate commerce selling or soliciting subscriptions, books, magazines or periodicals, including educational, religious and reference materials. (As a courtesy, these individuals are requested to inform the Police Department of their presence.)B.This permit requirement applies to any and all persons who wish to engage in peddling or solicitation, including, but not limited to, transient merchants as defined in § 112-1. This includes transient merchants who wish to offer for sale wares at any type of carnival, festival, flea market, craft show, etc.C.Every owner or lessee of a building zoned GB General Business District pursuant to Chapter 160, Article IV, of the Code of the Village of Wolcott who leases or subleases space within the halls or courts of the building for a daily craft show, flea market, exhibit, etc. where wares are offered for sale or orders for wares solicited, shall not permit said operation to be conducted unless and until each transient merchant displays a license as required herein, or the operation has been qualified as exempt from the provisions hereof, as determined by the Clerk.D.No person engaged in peddling or solicitation shall occupy any fixed location upon any of the streets, highways, sidewalks or other locations for the purpose of hawking, peddling, vending or soliciting. No licensee may enter upon any public park, Village property, municipal recreation facility, golf course or municipal off-street parking areas, nor premises of educational institutions for the purpose of hawking, peddling, vending or soliciting.