For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AMUSEMENT DEVICE. Any game, device, or machine, kept, operated, or played in any place of business or other place where the public is invited or permitted to attend and which may be played by the insertion of money.
APPLICATION. A new application, renewal of an application, or a transfer of a license application.
BUSINESS. Professions, trades, occupations, shops, and every kind of calling carried on for profit, livelihood, or to generate income, including those conducted from the home or other location whether or not zoned for business, commercial, or industrial activities.
EXHIBITION. The display of goods or materials for which an admission fee is charged.
FLEA MARKET. All general sales, open to the public and conducted in any commercial zone within the City, for the purpose of disposing of personal property. These general sales include, but are not limited to, sales entitled “flea markets,” “bazaars,” “rummage sales,” and “auctions.” FLEA MARKET also includes situations where booths, tables, or spaces are sold or rented for the purpose of conducting sales of personal property. For the purpose of the definition of FLEA MARKET, PERSONAL PROPERTY means property which is owned by the individual conducting the sale, is purchased for resale, or is obtained on consignment.
GARAGE SALE. Any public sale of new or used goods within the City Limits by an individual or group on individual’s private property, when the individual or group of individuals is not licensed as secondhand or junk dealer, and when the property from which the sale is to be conducted is not within a zone permitting commercial business or otherwise permitted under the provision of this subchapter.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR. Any person who undertakes or offers to undertake, for consideration, to furnish all of the material or labor or both that are considered necessary to construct, alter, repair, or add to any building or structure, including commercial, residential, or heavy construction work. State license requirement verification must be supplied with application.
NON-PROFIT. Any business or organization which holds a certificate of exemption from taxes from the Internal Revenue Service.
NON-RESIDENT PROPRIETORS. A business located outside the City, but conducting business transactions within the City.
PERSONS. All domestic and foreign corporations, associations, syndicates, partnerships of every land, joint ventures, societies, and individuals transacting and carrying on any business in the City.
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. An enterprise or undertaking of any nature that deals, whether directly or indirectly, with leaseholds or any interest or estate in land or both, whether the land is situated in this state or elsewhere.
SELF-EMPLOYED. A person who serves as his or her own employer, who is not a general, residential building or subcontractor, and who employs no other persons.
SUBCONTRACTOR. A person who contracts on predetermined terms to be responsible for the performance of all or part of a job of construction in accordance with established specifications or plans.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person, firm, or corporation that is a nonresident proprietor, that sells or offers to sell, other than at auction, any merchandise in any building store, room, or place of business occupied by the person, firm, or corporation within the City with the intention of doing so for a short period of time and without the intention of permanently doing so in the regular course of business.
VENDING MACHINE. Any machine from which foods, drinks, cigarettes, or other merchandise are received in return for the insertion of money.
(Ord. 510, passed - -1990; Ord. 564, passed - -1999; Ord. 567, passed - -; Ord. O-567, passed 10-10-2000)