(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates of requires a different meaning.
PEDDLER. Any person carrying goods or merchandise who sells or offers for sale such goods or merchandise from house to house or upon the public streets or public ways. A PEDDLER does not conduct business from a fixed location.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person, firm or corporation who engages in a temporary or itinerant merchandising business and in the course of such business hires, leases or occupies any land, lot or structure whatsoever. Temporary association with a local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer, or conduct of such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer shall not exempt any person, firm or corporation from being considered a TRANSIENT MERCHANT and obtaining a license.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT PLAZA. Any lot or combination of contiguous lots on which two or more transient merchants conduct business.
(B) Exemption. If a peddler or transient merchant conducts business solely within the confines of a city park or parks, and if he or she has paid a fee established by the Parks Board, he or she will be exempt from the fee schedule established in § 4-4-6(A) of this chapter. If the peddler or transient merchant conducts business both within the parks system and throughout the city, he or she will be required to pay the fee established in § 4-4-6(A) of this chapter in addition to whatever fee may be established by the Parks Board. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to mean that a peddler or transient merchant conducting business in a city park or parks shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a peddler’s license.
(Ord. C-121, passed 5-19-1992; Ord. C-202, passed 6-21-1994)