For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CANVASSER, PEDDLER or SOLICITOR. Any individual traveling either by foot, wagon, automobile, motor truck or any other type of conveyance from place to place, from house to house or from street to street, selling, taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods, wares and merchandise, books, periodicals or personal property of any nature whatsoever for present or future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed in the present or future, whether or not the individual has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of the sale, or whether he or she is collecting advance payments on the sales or not.
(Prior Code, § 5.44.010)