For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
REGISTERED SOLICITOR. Any person who has obtained a valid certificate of registration as hereinafter provided, and which certificate is in the possession of the solicitor on his or her person while engaged in soliciting.
RESIDENCE. Every separate living unit occupied for residential purposes by one or more persons, contained within any type of building or structure.
SOLICITING. Any one or more of the following activities:
(1) Seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs and/or services of any kind, character or description whatever, for any kind of consideration whatever;
(2) Seeking to obtain prospective customers for application or purchase of insurance of any type, kind or character;
(3) Seeking to obtain subscriptions to books, magazines, periodicals, newspapers and every other type or kind of publication;
(4) Seeking to obtain gifts or contributions of money, clothing or any other valuable thing for the support or benefit of any charitable or non-profit association, organization, corporation or project; or
(5) Requesting information on the background, occupation, economic status, social status, religious status, political status, attitudes, viewpoints, occupants of a residence, telephone number, address, furnishings or the like of another person for the purpose of compiling the information as raw data or refined data into a document, record, book or directory to be sold, or to be used wholly or in part for a commercial purpose.
(1986 Code, § 11.04.010)