Street and Highway Selling Restrictions

(a) Except as provided under subsection (c): (1) It is unlawful for any itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster to carry on or solicit business in one location on any street or on any public highway for a period beyond the parking time limit set for a parking space, as designated by official signs, or beyond three hours where there is no posted time limitation for the space. Upon vacating one location, it is unlawful for the itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster to take up another location to carry on or solicit business within 300 feet of such location or of any location previously vacated within three hours; (2) Every itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster shall provide a trash receptacle at every location where business is conducted; provided that before leaving any location of business, the immediate vicinity must be free of litter caused by the selling of the goods; and (3) Any itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster who carries on or solicits business on any street or on any public highway shall comply with all other statutes, ordinances and rules relating to traffic, parking, highway safety, and peddling, including those relating to parking meters, parking meter zones, and public places where peddling is prohibited. (b) Any person violating this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. If any itinerant vendor, peddler, or huckster licensed under § 13-6.1 is convicted of violating this section and the conviction is within two years of a prior conviction for violating this section, in addition to the penalties provided by law for a petty misdemeanor, the licensee shall have the license suspended for a period of not less than three months and not more than two years. (c) This section does not apply to a merchant of a store who, under the authority of Chapter 13, Article 6A , peddles on a portion of a Chinatown sidewalk or mall, the College Walk Mall, or the Sun Yat Sen Mall. )