For the purposes of this section:
"Business" means the activity of buying and selling.
"Calendar year" means January 1 through December 31.
"Mobile food vendor" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who uses a "mobile food service establishment" in which food or drink is prepared for sale or for service to the public with or without charge.
"Mobile food service establishment" means a current licensed motor vehicle that has equipment for cooking, preparing, or selling food or beverages. This definition shall not include deliveries of prepared food or beverages by passenger vehicles, vans, or trucks having only devices installed for securing food or beverages during transport and is not equipped with any equipment for food or beverage preparation.
"Operate" means engaging in commerce in any form.
"Peddler" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association, engaged in the selling of personal property by going about from place to place or house to house to sell such property and who carries with him or her such property for delivery at time of sale.
"Proprietor" for the purpose of this chapter, refers to a property or business owner occupying a 'brick and mortar' structure.
"Solicitor" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association, engaged in going about from place to place or house to house soliciting orders for, or offering to sell property for future delivery.
"Special permit" means a permit to operate when certain conditions are met.
"Temporary use and structure" means any use or structure that is not located in a permanent structure and is not the primary use of the property.
"Transient merchant" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association, not having an operating place of business within the city who, engages in a temporary or itinerant business from a temporary location or structure, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases or occupies any land, structure, trailer or truck for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares or merchandise.
(Ord. 881, 2023 (part))