For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERSON. An individual, corporation or partnership.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Includes, shall mean, any canvasser, peddler, solicitor or hawker as defined hereinbelow.
(1) CANVASSER. See SOLICITOR below.
(2) HAWKER. Any person who offers goods, property or services for sale in the streets, highways, thoroughfares or public rights-of-way of the city by crying out, signals, music or other noise.
(3) SOLICITOR. Any person who travels either by foot, wagon, vehicle or other conveyance, from place to place, house to house, or street to street, taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, books or magazines, personal property of any nature whatsoever for future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed, whether or not such a person has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale or whether such person is collecting advance payments on such sales or not, and such definition shall include any person who, for himself or herself, or for another person, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, tent, boat, lodging house, apartment, shop or any other place within the city for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery. The word SOLICITOR shall include the word CANVASSER.
(Prior Code, § 7.35) (Ord. effective 2-20-1989)