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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 08:27:13+00:00

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§ 130-7 Prohibited practices; disclosure requirements.
§ 130-9 Revocation of registration.
Flea markets and garage sales — See Ch. 163.
It shall be unlawful for any direct seller to engage in direct sales within the Town of Cedarburg without being registered for that purpose as provided herein.
Any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic or eleemosynary person, partnership, association or corporation, or one purporting to be such, but shall not include religious organizations.
The Town of Cedarburg Clerk.
Any individual who, for him/herself, or for a partnership, association or corporation, sells goods, takes sales orders for the later delivery of goods, at any location other than the permanent business place or residence of said individual, partnership, association or corporation, or solicits funds for a charitable organization, and shall include, but not be limited to, peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants. The sale of goods includes donations required by the direct seller for the retention of goods by a donor or prospective customer.
Personal property of any kind and shall include goods provided incidental to services offered or sold.
Has continuously resided in this Town and now does business from his/her residence.
Any permanent merchant or employee thereof who takes orders away from the established place of business for goods regularly offered for sale by such merchant within this county and who delivers such goods in their regular course of business.
Any person who has an established place of business where the goods being sold are offered for sale on a regular basis, and in which the buyer has initiated contact with, and specifically requested a home visit by, said person.
Any veteran who holds a special state license issued pursuant to § 440.51, Wis. Stats.
Any employee, officer or agent of a charitable organization who engages in public solicitation or direct sales for or on behalf of said organization, provided that the entire funds or proceeds from the sales go and belong to the charitable organization and the solicitor is not compensated for the solicitation.
Any person who claims to be a permanent merchant, but against whom complaint has been made to the Town Clerk that such person is a transient merchant, provided that there is submitted to the Town Clerk proof that such person has leased for at least one year, or purchased, the premises from which he is conducting business, or proof that such person has conducted such business in this Town for at least one year prior to the date complaint was made.
Name, address and telephone number of the person, firm, association or corporation that the direct seller represents or is employed by, or whose merchandise is being sold.
Last cities, villages, and towns, not to exceed three, where the applicant conducted similar business just prior to making this registration.
Place where the applicant can be contacted for at least seven days after leaving this Town.
A State Health Officer's certificate where the applicant's business involves the handling of food or clothing and is required to be certified under state law; such certificate to state that applicant is apparently free from any contagious or infectious disease, dated not more than 90 days prior to the date the application for license is made.
At the time the registration is returned, a fee as established by resolution of the Town Board shall be paid to the Town Clerk to cover the cost of investigation and processing said registration. Each and every member of a group must file a separate registration form and pay said fee.
The applicant shall sign a statement appointing the Town Clerk his agent to accept service of process in any civil action brought against the applicant arising out of any sale or service performed by the applicant in connection with the direct sales activities of the applicant, in the event the applicant cannot, after reasonable effort, be served personally.
Upon payment of said fee and the signing of said statement, the Town Clerk shall register the applicant as a direct seller, date the entry and issue permits as hereafter provided. Said registration shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of entry, but each applicant must obtain and display a daily permit for each day that the applicant sells or solicits in the Town. The applicant may obtain the daily permit from the Town Clerk on the business day prior to the day the applicant sells or solicits in the Town, or on the day the applicant sells or solicits in the Town. The Town Clerk shall clearly indicate on said permit the date for which it is valid. No person shall sell or solicit in the Town unless that person displays a valid daily permit. Registration and permits are subject to subsequent refusal as provided in § 130-5B below.
Every applicant who intends to take sales orders and down payments for the later delivery of goods and services and is not a resident of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, or who is such a resident and represents a business or organization whose principal place of business is located outside the State of Wisconsin, shall file with the Clerk a surety bond for a term of one year from the date of issuance of license, running to the Town, in the amount of $5,000 with surety acceptable to the Town Clerk, conditioned that the applicant comply with all applicable ordinances of the Town and statutes of the State of Wisconsin regulating peddlers, canvassers, solicitors and transient merchants. Such bond shall guarantee to any citizen of the Town that all money paid as a down payment will be accounted for and applied according to the representations of the seller and that the property purchased will be delivered according to the representations of the seller. Action on such bond may be brought by the person aggrieved and for whose benefit, among others, the bond is given. The surety may, pursuant to a court order, pay the face amount of the bond to the clerk of court in which suit is commenced and be relieved of all further liability.
Upon receipt of each application, the Town Clerk may refer it immediately to law enforcement agencies serving the Town which may make and complete an investigation of the statements made in such registration.
The Town Clerk shall refuse to register the applicant if it is determined, pursuant to the investigation above, that: the application contains any material omission or materially inaccurate statement; complaints of a material nature have been received against the applicant by authorities in the last cities, villages and towns, not exceeding three, in which the applicant conducted similar business; the applicant was convicted of a crime, statutory violation or ordinance violation within the last five years, the nature of which is directly related to the applicant's fitness to engage in direct selling; or the applicant failed to comply with any applicable provision of § 130-4B above.
Any person denied registration may appeal the denial through the appeal procedure provided by ordinance or resolution of the Town Board or, if none has been adopted, under the provisions of §§ 68.01 through 68.16, Wis. Stats.
A direct seller shall be prohibited from: calling at any dwelling or other place between the hours of sunset and 9:00 a.m. except by appointment; calling at any dwelling or other place where a sign is displayed bearing the words "No Peddlers," "No Solicitors" or words of similar meaning; calling at the rear door of any dwelling place; or remaining on any premises after being asked to leave by the owner, occupant or other person having authority over such premises.
A direct seller shall not misrepresent or make false, deceptive or misleading statements concerning the quality, quantity or character of any goods offered for sale, the purpose of his visit, his identity or the identity of the organization he/she represents. A direct seller is required to wear at all times while selling a visible name tag furnished by the Town that shall identify the seller by name and the name of the company for which he/she is selling. A charitable organization direct seller shall specifically disclose what portion of the sale price of goods being offered will actually be used for the charitable purpose for which the organization is soliciting. Said portion shall be expressed as a percentage of the sale price of the goods.
After initial greeting and before any other statement is made to a prospective customer, a direct seller shall expressly disclose his/her name, the name of the company or organization he/she is affiliated with, if any, and the identity of goods or services he/she offers to sell, in addition to wearing the name tag required in Subsection A(2).
If any sale of goods is made by a direct seller or any sales order for the later delivery of goods is taken by the seller, the buyer shall have the right to cancel said transaction if it involves the extension of credit or is a cash transaction of more than $25, in accordance with the procedure as set forth in § 423.203, Wis. Stats.; the seller shall give the buyer two copies of a typed or printed notice of that fact. Such notice shall conform to the requirements of § 423.203(1)(a), (b) and (c), (2) and (3), Wis. Stats.
Law enforcement officers shall report to the Town Clerk all convictions for violation of this chapter and the Town Clerk shall note any such violation on the record of the registrant convicted.
Registration may be revoked by the Town Board after notice and hearing if the registrant made any material omission or materially inaccurate statement in the application for registration, made any fraudulent, false, deceptive or misleading statement or representation in the course of engaging in direct sales, violated any provision of this chapter or was convicted of any crime or ordinance or statutory violation which is directly related to the registrant's fitness to engage in direct selling.
Written notice of the hearing shall be served personally on the registrant at least 72 hours prior to the time set for the hearing; such notice shall contain the time and place of hearing and a statement of the acts upon which the hearing will be based.

References: § 130
 § 440
 § 130
 § 130
 § 423
 § 423