For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FOOD TRUCKS. Trucks or vans, properly licensed by the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Kent County Health Department, that have been adapted to the purpose of preparing and selling food to the public from various standing locations.
ITINERANT MERCHANTS, TRANSIENT VENDORS, and SALESPERSONS. Deemed to be in the category of peddler, hawker, vendor, solicitor, or canvasser as set forth in this section.
PEDDLER, HAWKER, and VENDOR. Any person, whether a resident of the town or not, traveling either by foot, vehicle or any other type of conveyance, who goes from house to house, from place to place, or from street to street, conveying or transporting goods, wares or merchandise, and offering or exposing the same for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers, or who engages in any of the foregoing activities from a temporary standing location on the street or other public place.
SOLICITOR or CANVASSER. Any person, whether a resident of the town or not, who goes from house to house, from place to place, or from street to street, soliciting or taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of services to be performed in the future, whether or not the individual has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject for the order, and whether or not he or she is collecting advance payments on the orders, or who engages in any of the foregoing activities from a temporary standing location on the street or some other public place.
(Prior Code, § 130-2) (Ord. 6-84, passed 10-15-1984; Ord. 01A-2016, passed 4-18-2016)