Chapter 98 BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING.
Section 98-46 FLEA MARKETS.
A. As
used in this section, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
FLEA
MARKET
- An assembly of vendors, selling new or used goods in the open
air or
within temporary structures, who display and sell their wares on
the lands
of another for a consideration.
B. Every
vendor who is engaged in the sale or display
of goods at a flea market shall be required to purchase a license and
display
the license in a prominent place visible to the public. For every
license to
sell or display antiques or used or second-hand goods at a flea market,
there
shall be paid a license tax of ten dollars ($10.) per year or one
dollar ($1.)
per day. Every vendor of new goods at the flea market shall be
deemed a
peddler or itinerant merchant and shall pay such license tax as is
applicable
to peddlers under the provisions of Section 98-61. Such license
taxes
shall not be prorated. Upon application to and approval by the
Town
Council, no license shall be required of a nonprofit organization
that
sells or displays goods at a flea market so long as the proceeds of
sale are
retained by the nonprofit organization and not shared with other
persons,
businesses or organizations. The following regulations shall
govern the
conduct of flea markets:
(Ord.
No. 12-86 Added “Peddler”7-28-86-Effective Upon
Passage)
(Ord.
No. 13-96 Added
“Itinerant Merchant” 12-16-96-Effective Upon Passage)
1. Goods
and wares may be left on
premises on Saturday nights only and on Sunday night if Monday is
a
holiday.
2. A
night watchman may be allowed
on weekends.
3. No
overnight trailers are
allowed.
4. The
owner or lessee of the
premises shall keep the flea market grounds clean and free of
refuse and
shall provide trash containers in sufficient numbers to serve the
customers and
vendors on the flea market site.
5. The
owner or lessee of the
premises shall rent no space to any flea market vendor, except
those
representing nonprofit organizations, unless the vendor first produces
a valid
and current license issued by the Town of Front Royal or a daily
license permit
for the sale and display of goods at a flea market.