For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS. The occupation, work or trade which a person is engaged anywhere within the city limits.
CITY. The City of Deer Lodge, Montana.
CITY CLERK. The person who is the Clerk of the City Council.
CITY COUNCIL. The City Council of the city.
CITY TREASURER. The person who is the custodian of the funds of the city.
CONSUMER. One who uses, and by using destroys, the value of the article purchased.
ITINERANT VENDOR. Any person engaged in the business of retailing to consumers by going from consumer to consumer, either on the streets or to their places of residence or employment, and soliciting, selling or offering to sell, or exhibiting for sale (by sample, catalogue or otherwise) or taking for future delivery of any goods, wares or merchandise, or for services to be performed in the future.
LICENSE. Permission granted by the city to engage in business in the city.
MAJOR HOME OCCUPATION. A home, which is both managed and owned by a family member residing on the premises, having no more than two non-resident employees, or involving regular visits by clients. MAJOR HOME OCCUPATION is further clarified in the zoning ordinance.
MINOR HOME OCCUPATION. A home occupation that does not have non-resident customers and employees. MINOR HOME OCCUPATION is further clarified in the zoning ordinance.
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. Any person not seeking return on a business undertaking, other than operating expenses (see § 5.02.080(B)).
NON-RESIDENT. A person domiciled farther outside of the city limits.
OCCUPATION. The principal or significant activity in a person’s life that is done to earn money.
PROFESSION. An occupation requiring special education.
PERSON. An individual natural person, partnership, joint venture, society, association, club, firm, corporation, or any officer, agent, employee, or representative of the same.
PLACE OF BUSINESS. The premises, whether it be personal residence, main business location or an outlet, branch or other location thereof, temporary or otherwise, to which the public is expressly or impliedly invited for the purpose of transacting of business. In the event there is no such location, but the business is transacted at the location of the buyer, then the general sales area shall be considered a PLACE OF BUSINESS. Unless a construction contractor has at least one permanent location within the city, PLACE OF BUSINESS includes a construction site, located therein.
RESIDENT. A person domiciled within the city limits.
TEMPORARY PREMISES. A hotel, rooming house, storeroom, building (or any part), tent, vacant lot, freight station, railroad car, motor vehicle, trailer or trailer house, public or quasi-public place, temporarily occupied for transient retail merchant business.
TRADE. An occupation requiring skilled labor.
TRANSIENT RETAIL MERCHANTS. Every person bringing into temporary premises for retail sale or sales solicitation within the city, goods, wares, articles of merchandise, notions or other articles of trade.
WORK. A person’s employment, job or the means by which one earns a livelihood.
(Prior Code, § 5.02.030) (Ord. 128, passed 9-8-2009)
Statutory reference:
Consumer, see MCA § 7-21-2301
Itinerant vendor, see MCA § 7-21-2301
Temporary premises, see MCA § 7-21-2401
Transient retail merchants, see MCA § 7-21-2401