For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
Includes any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic or eleemosynary person, partnership, association or corporation or one purporting to be such.
DIRECT SELLER.
Any individual who, for himself or herself, or for a partnership, association or corporation, sells goods or takes sale orders for the later delivery of goods, at any location other than the
permanent business place or residence of said individual, partnership, association or corporation, and shall include but not be limited to, peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants. The sale of goods includes donations required by the direct seller for the retention of goods by a donor or prospective customer.
GOODS.
Includes personal property of any kind and shall include
GOODS
provided incidental to services offered or sold.
PERMANENT MERCHANT.
A direct seller who, for at least one year prior to the consideration of the application of this chapter to said merchants, has continuously operated an established place of business in this town or has continuously resided in this town and now does business from his or her residence.
(Ord. 7-2011, passed 10-3-11)