For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERSON. Any individual, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, trust, or any combination thereof.
REGISTERED SOLICITOR. Any person who has obtained a valid certificate of registration as hereinafter provided and which certificate is in the possession of the solicitor or his or her person while engaged in soliciting.
RESIDENCE. Shall mean and include every separate living unit occupied for dwelling purposes by one or more persons, contained within any type of building or structure, including the common areas inside multiple dwelling buildings.
SOLICITATION. The going upon any premises or to or in one or more private residences by any person without appointment by personal contact with the resident or occupant for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale for profit of goods, books, magazines, or any other article or thing whatsoever, or for any service, or for the purpose of peddling or hawking any of the same, or for the purpose of making or requesting appointments or procuring interviews or arranging for demonstrations or explanations preliminary to any actual solicitation of orders, selling, peddling or hawking of any of the same.
(Prior Code, § 3-4A-1) (Ord. 2477, passed 3-6-2019; Ord. 2668, passed 1-19-2023)