§ 218-5. Application for license.

The hawker, peddler or solicitor shall make application to the Chief of Police or his/her designee, for a license at least five days prior to the date of his/her contemplated peddling or soliciting activities. A separate license shall be required for each peddler, solicitor or hawker, provided that only one license shall be required for each peddler vehicle, pushcart or mobile food service establishment.

A. 

The license application for peddlers, hawkers and solicitors shall be on a form available at the Police Department and shall include the following information:

(1) 

Name and permanent address of applicant and each person who conducts peddling or soliciting activities associated with any pushcart, vehicle or mobile food service establishment;

(2) 

Driver's license number or other verifiable government identification of the applicant and of each person who conducts peddling or soliciting activities associated with any pushcart, vehicle or mobile food service establishment;

(3) 

Type of vending operation to be conducted (i.e., pushcart, motor vehicle, other), as applicable;

(4) 

Type of product to be sold (i.e., food, beverages, novelties, other), as applicable;

(5) 

Statement as to whether the applicant, and each person who conducts peddling or soliciting activities associated with any pushcart, vehicle or mobile food service establishment, has ever been convicted of a crime or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. A criminal record check shall be completed by the Guilford Police Department for each person conducting vending or soliciting activities; and

(6) 

If the application is for a temporary license, the desired date of commencement.

B. 

The Police Department may request the applicant to submit the following together with his/her application to the Police Department:

(1) 

Identification in the form of a government-issued ID of the applicant and each person who conducts peddling and soliciting activities;

(2) 

Photograph of applicant and each person who conducts peddling or soliciting activities;

(3) 

Application fee in the amount described in this chapter;

(4) 

Proof of insurance for vehicular, property, casualty or liability as may be reasonable and customary for the nature of the proposed operation;

(5) 

Copy of registration for any vehicle, including a mobile food service establishment, to be used in the vending activities, as applicable; and

(6) 

Except with respect to peddling on public streets and state highways, if peddling from a peddler vehicle, pushcart or mobile food service establishment is to take place on private, state or Town property, the applicant shall provide, as applicable, the Zoning Enforcement Officer's approval that the operation is in compliance with applicable zoning regulations, including any revised site plan requirements under Article IX of Chapter 273 of the Town Zoning Code. For purposes of vending on Town property, the vendor shall obtain the permission of the governing agency of the subject property, as defined in Chapter 214 of the Town Code.