Source: https://www.ecode360.com/13918254
Timestamp: 2019-10-21 23:05:33
Document Index: 574940715

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 440', '§ 440', '§ 472', '§ 472', '§ 472']

Village of Woodville, WI Transient Merchants
§ 472-1 Registration required.
§ 472-2 Definitions.
§ 472-3 Exemptions.
§ 472-4 Registration procedure.
§ 472-5 Investigation.
§ 472-6 Appeals.
§ 472-7 Prohibited practices; disclosure requirements.
§ 472-8 Record of violations.
§ 472-9 Revocation of registration.
Chapter 472 Transient Merchants
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Woodville 8-13-1996 (Ch. 4 of Title 7 of the 1996 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant to engage in direct sales within the Village of Woodville without being registered for that purpose as provided herein.
§ 472-2 Definitions. [1]
Any individual who engages in the retail sale of merchandise or a service for a fee at any place in this state temporarily and who does not intend to become and does not become a permanent merchant of such place. The term shall include, but not be limited to, peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants. The sale of goods includes donations required by the transient merchant for the retention of goods by a donor or prospective customer. For purposes of this definition, "sale of merchandise" includes a sale in which the personal services rendered upon or in connection with the merchandise constitute the greatest part of value for the price received but does not include a farm auction sale conducted by or for a resident farmer of personal property used on the farm or the sale of produce or other perishable products at retail or wholesale by a resident of this state.
Editor's Note: The definition of "Clerk-Treasurer" which appeared in this section was deleted and all references in this chapter to the Clerk-Treasurer were amended to refer to the Village President at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Any person selling or offering for sale a service unconnected with the sale or offering for sale of merchandise or a service.
Any employee, officer or agent of a charitable organization who engages in direct sales for or on behalf of said organization, provided that there is submitted to the Village President proof that such charitable organization is registered under § 440.42, Wis. Stats. Any charitable organization engaging in the sale of merchandise and not registered under § 440.42, Wis. Stats., or which is exempt from that statute's registration requirements, shall be required to register under this chapter.
Any person who claims to be a permanent merchant but against whom complaint has been made to the Village President that such person is a transient merchant, provided that there is submitted to the Village President proof that such person has leased for at least one year or purchased the premises from which he/she is conducting business or proof that such person has conducted such business in this Village for at least one year prior to the date complaint was made.
Registration information. Applicants for registration must complete and return to the Village President a registration form furnished by the President which shall require the following information:
Identification and certification. Applicants shall present to the Village President for examination:
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 the applicant is apparently free from any contagious or infectious disease, dated not more than 90 days prior to the date the application for permit is made.[1]
Registration fee; appointment of President as agent.
At the time of filing an application, a fee as set by the Village Board shall be paid to the Village President to cover the cost of investigation of the facts stated in the application and for processing said registration. Every member of a group must file a separate registration form.[2]
The applicant shall sign a statement appointing the Village President or 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 that the applicant cannot, after reasonable effort, be served personally.
Upon payment of said fee and the signing of said statement, the Village President shall register the applicant as a transient merchant and issue a permit. Said permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of entry, subject to subsequent refusal as provided in § 472-5B below.[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). Original Sec. 7-4-4(d), License, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Upon receipt of each application, the Village President shall refer it immediately to the Police Department for an investigation of the statements made in such registration, said investigation to be completed within five days from the time of referral.
The Village President shall refuse to register the applicant and issue a permit if it is determined, pursuant to the investigation above, that:
The applicant failed to comply with any applicable provision of § 472-4B above.
The Police Department shall report to the Village President all convictions for violations of this chapter, and the President shall note any such violation on the record of the registrant convicted.
Written notice of the hearing shall be served personally or pursuant to § 472-4C 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.