For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GOODS or SERVICES. This shall include items and products of every kind and description, including all foods, produce, beverage items, merchandise, wares, as well as the provision of any service or labor.
HUMAN-POWERED DEVICE. Any device moved by human power including, but not necessarily limited to, any pushcart, wagon, bicycle, tricycle or other wheeled container or conveyance.
OPERATOR. Any person or entity owning, operating or otherwise controlling any business involving the vending of goods or services from a vehicle.
PARKWAY. That area between the edge of the roadway and the adjacent property line, including sidewalks.
PERSON. Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other entity of any kind or nature.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Any real property, or interest therein, owned, leased, operated or otherwise controlled by the city other than a street, alley, parkway, or sidewalk.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. That portion of land dedicated to the city, in fee, as an easement, or otherwise, for public use for public street purposes which includes, but is not limited to, roadways, parkways, alleys, sidewalks, and all other public ways and paths.
ROAMING SIDEWALK VENDOR. A sidewalk vendor who moves from place to place and stops only to complete a transaction.
SIDEWALK VENDOR. A person who sells food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other nonmotorized conveyance, or from one’s person, upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path.
STATIONARY SIDEWALK VENDOR. A sidewalk vendor who vends from a fixed location.
VEHICLE. This term shall be defined as in the Vehicle Code of the state and shall include any human-powered device.
VEND, VENDING, SELL or SELLING. The sale or offering for sale of any goods or services to the public.
VENDOR. Any person who engages in the act of vending from a vehicle or drives or otherwise operates any such vehicle for the purpose of vending therefrom.
(‘83 Code, § 12.05.010) (Ord. 1082, passed 5-18-94; Am. Ord. 1431, passed 12-5-18; Am. Ord. 1432, passed 12-5-18; Am. Ord. 1436, passed 2-6-19)