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Back To Board Minutes Listing Chapter 32 | Thursday, March 19, 2009
CHAPTER 32
BUSINESS REGULATIONS
32. 01 HANDBILL DISTRIBUTORS. (a) In Public Places. No person shall distribute commercial handbills on any Street, sidewalk, or other public place.
(b) Private Property. No person shall place handbills on private prop erty in such manner that they become a nuisance, or are blown about any private or public property. No person shall place handbills on any private property where owner or occupant has indicated that he does not wish to re ceive handbills.
(c) Anonymous Bills. No person shall distribute or promote the dis tribution of any handbill which does not show thereon the name and address of the author or person responsible for the statement on the handbill, or for the distribution of the handbill.
32. 02 JUNK DEALERS. (a) Definition. A junk dealer is any person who maintains a junk yard, or any yard or place where salvaged construc tion material, inoperable vehicles, or scrap paper or scrap metal is kept or dealt in; or any person who is engaged in the business of buying or sell ing junk, salvaged construction material, scrap paper, or scrap metaL
(b) Fence. Any property where junk, salvaged construction material, inoperable vehicles, scrap paper or scrap metal is kept out of doors shall be enclosed by a solid fence not less than 6 feet in height. Gates shall also be made of solid material which shall be kept closed when not used.
(c) Dealing with Minors. A junk dealer shall not purchase or receive any property from a minor without the written consent of his parent or guardian.
(d) Inspections. Every store or yard where junk is dealt in shall be subject to inspection by the Police Department. Inspection shall be made at reasonable hours.
(e) Stolen Goods. Every junk dealer or peddler who shall receive or be in possession of any goods, articles or things of value which may have been lost or stolen, or alleged to have been lost or stolen, shall upon de mand to view or examine the same, forthwith produce such goods, articles or things to any member of the Police Department.
(f) Loans. No junk dealer or junk peddler shall engage in pawnbroking, or loan any money on the security of any article or thing.

(g) Destroying or Selling Goods No junk dealer shall destroy, re-fashion, mutilate or resell any goods or article within two days after re ceiving such goods or article.
32. 03 PAWNBROKERS. No pawnbroker in the village shall violate the provisions of Chapter 107-1/2 of the Illinois Revised Statutes, which provi sions are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this section.
_32. 04 PEDDLERS. (a) Application. An applicant for a peddler's ii 6 shall provide the Village Clerk with the following information:
1. Name and address of applicant for past 5 years.
2. Description of business and products to be sold.
3. Name and address of employer, if any.
4. A recent photograph of applicant, and his fingerprints, unless waived by the Clerk.
5. Names and addresses of three persons who can give responsive statement as to character and responsibility of applicant.
6. The nature of any crimes or convictions for violations of mu nicipal ordinances of the applicant within the past 5 years.
7. Such other information as Village Clerk may deem material.
(b) Investigation. The Village Clerk shall investigate the character and responsibility of the applicant. If found good, a peddler's license shall be issued; otherwise denied. License shall be granted or denied by the Clerk within 10 days from date of application. Persons aggrieved by action of the Clerk may appeal to the Board of Trustees.
(c) Exceptions. Any person may sell the produce of his own farm or garden without a peddler's license.
32. 05 SELLING ON STREETS. No person shall sell or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise on any streets, sidewalks or other public property, unless by permit authorized by the Board of Trustees under such conditions as the Board may impose.

32. 06 SOLICITOR'S CERTIFICATES. (a) It shall be unlawful for any solicitor, salesman or canvasser to call from home to home in the village or to contact private homes within the village by telephone without first registering and obtaining a registration certificate from the village. Such registration shall be on forms provided by the village and shall give the solicitor's identification, signature, name of his employer, the nature of the products or service in which he is interested and the name of the manu facturer of such products and his proposed method of operation in the village.
(b) No certificate of registration shall issue to any person not of good moral character or to any person previously convicted of a felony. If the registrant has not been convicted of a felony and if he is not found to be a person not of good moral character, the certificate shall issue within 48 hours of registration.
(c) Each solicitor shall at all times while soliciting or canvassing with in the village carry upon his person the registration certificate required and shall exhibit the same upon request of any police officer or to any person upon whom he calls in the course of his business. Any solicitor, salesman or canvasser contacting persons in private homes by telephone shall state the place from which he is telephoning if requested so to do.
(d) A registration certificate shall be valid for 15 days from date of issuance.

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