As used in this chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:
(a) “Charitable organization” means either of the following:
(1) Any organization having an office, branch or church located within the Village of East Palestine that is determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be a tax-exempt organization pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(2) Any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, educational, humane, scientific, public health, environmental conservation, civic, or eleemosynary objective or any objective that benefits local law enforcement personnel, firefighters, or other persons who protect the public safety.
(b) “Major community event” means such events as the East Palestine Street Fair, Snowflake Festival, Fourth of July, Service Club events i.e., Annual Car Show and any event so approved by the Village of East Palestine.
(c) “Solicitor, peddler or canvasser” means any person(s), firm, partnership, corporation, or other business desiring to sell, or carries with him/her, goods, wares, merchandise, food products or services of any kind on public or private property, door to door, within the corporate limits of the Village of East Palestine, rather than from a specific designated location and under the provisions of this chapter. Peddler also means “hawker” or “huckster”.
(d) “Temporary place of business” means any public or private place including, but not limited to, any storeroom, building or part of a building, parking lot or vacant lot that is temporarily being occupied for the purpose of making retail sales of goods, wares, merchandise, food products or services of any kind, to the public. A place of business is not temporary if the same person, firm partnership, corporation, or other business conducted business at the same place continuously for more than six months or occupied the premises as their permanent residence for more than six months.
(e) “Transient dealers” means any person(s), firm, partnership, corporation or other business desiring to “temporarily” open stores, places, sites, or locations on any private property within the corporate limits of the Village of East Palestine, for six months or less, for the purpose of selling goods, wares, merchandise, food products or services of any kind and from a specific designated location. A “transient dealer” shall not be construed to fall under the classification of a vendor, solicitor or peddler whom solicits or sells goods, wares, merchandise, food products or services of any kind through door to door means rather than from a specific designated location.
(f) “Vendor”, both stationary and mobile, means any person(s), firm, partnership or corporation or other business engaged in the selling or offering for sale, goods, wares, merchandise, services, food or beverages from a table, bench, rack, wagon stand, cart, his/her person, motor vehicle or other device, not within the confines of a building on private or public property, or right-of-way within the corporate limits of the Village of East Palestine. All East Palestine citizens and private or public organizations, corporations, firms, or partnerships living in or located within the Village limits of the Village of East Palestine will be exempt from the definition of vendor for the purposes of sales made on their private property for their personal or organizational profit during major community events.
(Ord. 23-2022. Passed 12-28-22.)