The following definitions shall control the interpretation, administration and enforcement of this chapter.
BUSINESS. The sale or offering for sale any good, food, beverage or service or the production, manufacture or processing of any sort of product that is sold or intended for sale, except the following:
(1) Garage sales, yard sales, rummage sales or swap meets conducted on private property, provided that the sale is not conducted over a period in excess of four consecutive days nor more often than four times per calendar year.
(2) Activities associated with a one-time, annual event or special event for which a special event permit has been issued by the city and for which all other applicable permits and licenses have been obtained.
(3) Farmers’ markets where producers of farm products raised or produced in Oregon are sold in the city by a person or family who raised or produced the commodity.
DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITORS. Any person who solicits the sale of any item or service by traveling from home to home within the city seeking customers and sales from residents.
MOBILE BUSINESS. Any temporary business operated in the city without a fixed location or structure or a structure that is not subject to the building code, including food carts, trailers and trucks, and door-to-door solicitors.
PERSON. Includes the singular and plural and any individual, firm, partnership, limited liability corporation, domestic or foreign corporation, doing business as (DBA) name, or any other legal entity. Each business entity registered at a particular address and each business owned or operated by the same entity shall obtain separate business licenses pursuant to this chapter.
TEMPORARY BUSINESS. A business operating in the city on a temporary or seasonal basis for fewer than 180 days in a 12-month period.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person who operates or engages in a mobile business activity, including the owner of the business and anyone actually engaged in a mobile business.
(Ord. 2016-07-02, passed 8-9-2016)