HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2133BY-LAW NnIBER a 1 3 3
OF
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING
being a by-law to license, regulate and govern hawkers and pedlars.
BE IT ENACTED AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED as a by-law
of The Corporation of the Township of Pickering by the Council thereof
as follows:
1. No person shall. go from place to place or to a particular
place with goods, wares or merchandise for sale within the Township
of Pickering or carry and expose samples, patterns or specimens
of goods, wares or merchandise which are to be delivered in the
municipality afterwards, without first obtaining a license under the
provisions of this by-law.
2. The fee for a license under this by-law shall be:
(a) q S"a•oofor a person with a motor vehicle;
(b) $ 2 O.O0 for a person with a horse-drawn eehicle;
(c) PO-av for a person with a pushcart or any other
vehicle on wheels or runners drawn or
propelled by human muscular power;
(d) ?P to-oo for a person on foot with or without a
basket, pack or valise.
3. A license issued under this by-law shall be valid only from
the date of its issue until December 31st of the year of its issue and
shall not be transferable.
4. Application for a license under this by-law shall be made
in writing to the Clerk-Treasurer of the Township of Pickering on the
form of application approved by the Council of the said Township and
the fee for the license shall be paid to the said Clerk-Treasurer of
the Township of Pickering.
5. No license shall be required for hawking, peddling or
selling goods, wares or merchandise,
(a) to wholesale or retail dealers in similar goods, wares
Provided, however, that a resident of the Township of Pickering
for the year preceding the date of application for a license
hereunder, shall only be required to pay 20% of the amount
which may be applicable under the appropriate provision of
(a), (b), (c) or (d) above, as his fee for said license.
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or merchandise, or
(b) if the goods, wares or merchandise are grown, produced
or manufactured in Ontario and are hawked, peddled or
sold by the grower, producer or manufacturer or his
agent or employee having written authority so to do,
in the municipality in which the grower, producer or
manufacturer resides, or
(c) if the goods, wares or merchandise are grown or
produced by a farmer resident in Ontario who offers
for sale or sells only the produce of his own farm, or
(d) if the goods, wares or merchandise are hawked, peddled
or sold by a person who pays business tax in the
municipality, or by his employee, or by his agent, or
(e) if the goods, wares or merchandise are hawked, peddled
or sold by an agent of the grower, producer or
manufacturer, acting on behalf of a dealer who pays
business tax in the municipality in respect of premises
used for the sale of such goods, wares or merchandise.
In a prosecution for a breach of this by-law the onus of
proving that he does not for any of the reasons mentioned in section
5 above, require to be licensed, shall be upon the person charged.
7. The licensee shall at all times while carrying on his
business have his license with him and shall upon demand exhibit it to
any municipal or peace officer, and if he fails to do so shall, unless
the same is accounted for satisfactorily, incur a penalty of not less
than p1.00 or more than ia;5.00,
$. If a peace officer demands the production of a license by
any person to whom this by-law applies and the demand is not complied
with, it shall be the duty of the peace officer, and he shall have
power to arrest such person without a warrant and to take him before the
nearest justice of the peace, there to be dealt with according to law,
9. Any person who contravenes any provision of this by-law
except as provided in section 7 shall upon conviction be liable to a
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penalty not exceeding $50.00 recoverable under The Surmnary Convictions
Act.
10. By-laws Numbers 1443, 1461 and 1499 and all other by-laws
of the Township of Pickering, the provisions of which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this by-law, are hereby repealed.
11. This by-law shall come into force when the license
L", fees provided herein have been approved by The Department of Municipal
Affairs.
By-law read a first, second and third time and finally passed this
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AI P,th day of January, A. D. 1956.
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