For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUCTIONEER. Any person selling, or offering for sale, any goods, wares, merchandise or services at public auction.
ROADSIDE STAND or TEMPORARY BUSINESS. Any place at which goods, wares, merchandise or services are sold or offered for sale, other than from a permanent structure duly approved for such use.
SOLICITOR or DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESPERSON. Any person who sells or offers for sale any goods, wares, merchandise or services by traveling about the city and, in the course of his or her business, enters upon privately-owned property.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person who sells or offers for sale any goods, wares, merchandise or services from a permanent structure duly approved for such use for a period of less than six months, and whose current business was not listed on the city’s personal or real property tax roll on the preceding December 31.
(Prior Code, § 7.52)