Boston Township

Establishing rules and regulations for transient vendors and itinerant retailers within Boston Township. Whereas, it has been recommended to the Trustees that certain rules and regulations be imposed for peddlers within Boston Township. Be it ordained by the Trustees of Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio: 1401.01 Peddler Defined: As used in this regulation “Peddler” means any person who sells or offers for sale, barter or exchange of any goods, wears, services, produce, merchandise, or other articles of value at any pale in, upon, along or through streets or public places or from house to house. 1401.02 License Required: No peddler, huckster, itinerant retailer or other person shall engage in the business of selling or offering for sale any of the above [section 1] without first obtaining a vendor’s permit from the Boston Township Zoning Inspector who may, pursuant to the terms of these rules and regulations may deny the permit if the applicant fails to comply with the terms and conditions as set forth herein. 1401.03 Applicants Fees: Applicants for licenses required by Section 2 shall pay the current fee, as approved by the Trustees of Boston Township, for the vendors’ permit to the Township Zoning Inspector. The fee shall not be refundable. 1401.04 License Display upon Request: Every grantee of a license to peddle under these rules and regulations shall, when requested by a police officer or a county official, shall produce such permit for inspection. 1401.05 License Display: License to be carried or displayed after payment of the required fee [Section 3] to the Zoning Inspector. The Inspector shall issue to the grantee a Vendors Permit to carry on the designated business [defined on the vendors permit]. The permit shall expire at the expiration date indicated on the permit. 1401.06 Exceptions: Nothing in these regulations shall be construed to require payment of any license fee for the sale of any product of one’s own raising. 1401.07 Sales on Roadways: No peddler shall make a sale or delivery to any person standing in a roadway. Each peddler shall or his vehicle shall have a container for disposing of wrappers, papers, or other containers. No peddler shall fail to pick up said wrappers or papers after any sale or delivery of his product. 1401.08 Loudspeakers and Musical Instruments: No loud speakers or musical instruments may be used from moving vehicles. Sound levels must be limited to the zoning requirements: Daytime 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. 60 dBA Night time after 10:00 p.m. 50 dBA 1401.09 Insurance: Vendors may be required to present to the Zoning Inspector, at the time of requesting a vendor’s permit, a permit indicating public liability insurance with a “Hold Harmless” clause of the Boston Township during the time the permit is valid. 1401.10 Hours of Activity: No vendor may carry on their approved activity at any time not indicated on the vendors permit. No vendor may, for the purpose of solicitation, go upon private property without being requested by the owner or resident at an agreed upon time. 1401.11 Penalty: This permit may be revoked by the Boston Township Zoning Inspector for non-performance or non- compliance with any of the provisions contained herein. 1401.12 Approval: These rules and regulations hall take effect and be enforced by the Zoning Inspector, effective with the approval of the Boston Township Trustees. Approved April 29, 2001. (01-0425-03)