WAKEFIELD HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS BYLAW
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selecttmen of the Town of Wakefield 4-13-1992. Amendments noted where applicable.]
§ 210-1. License required; rules and regulations.
A. Anyone who sells merchandise by going either from town to town or from place to place in the same town, either on foot or from any animal or vehicle, is acting as a hawker or peddler. No vendor has a right to a specific location
B. The following rules and regulations must be observed by hawkers and peddlers in the Town of Wakefield:
(1) Unless the hawker or peddler has obtained a state license, a town license from the Selectmen's office at the Wm. J. Lee Memorial Town Hall is required. This license expires each year on December 31. The fee for this license is twenty-five dollars ($25.).
(2) Peddlers with a state license must register their name and peddler's license number with staff in the Selectmen's office at the Wm. J. Lee Memorial Town Hall.
(3) Peddlers selling food must have a permit from the Board of Health.
(4) Peddlers are prohibited from selling cut flowers, flowering plants, nuts and legumes.
(5) If the merchandise sold is likely to generate trash or litter, a trash receptacle must be provided and the area should be properly cleaned.
(6) Peddlers shall not conduct business in such a manner as to obstruct or interfere with the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(7) Peddling will be prohibited in the Central Business District. The Central Business District is defined as follows: Main Street between Charles Street and Crescent Street and Main Street between Forest Street and the Melrose City line; North Avenue between Main Street and Church Street; Tuttle Street; Albion Street between Main Street and Lake Street; and Water Street between Main Street and Preston Street.
(8) Peddlers will be subject to periodic inspections for compliance with the above regulations. A violation of these regulations could result in an immediate suspension of license.
(9) A state or local license shall be prominently displayed upon the person licensed.
(10) These regulations may be waived, or further restricted, at parades, celebrations or other special events by the Board of Selectmen.
(11) Hawkers and peddlers are required to provide general liability insurance in an amount of at least one hundred thousand/three hundred thousand dollars ($100,000./$300,000.) and property damage in an amount of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.) and shall provide a certificate of such insurance to the Selectmen at the time of licensing or registration as herein provided ..
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