For the purpose of this chapter, a TRANSIENT MERCHANT, ITINERANT MERCHANT, or ITINERANT VENDOR is any person, firm, or corporation, whether an owner, agent, consignee, or employee, whether a resident of the city or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling and delivering goods, wares, and merchandise within the city, and who in furtherance of that purpose, hires, leases, uses, or occupies any building, structure, motor vehicle, tent, public room in hotels, lodging house, apartment, shops, or any street, alley, or other place within the city, for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise, either privately or at public auction. This definition shall not be construed to include any person, firm, or corporation who, while occupying a temporary location, does not sell from stock, but exhibits samples only for the purpose of securing orders for future delivery. The person, firm, or corporation so engaged shall not be relieved from complying with the provisions of this chapter merely by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader, merchant, or auctioneer, or by conducting such transient business in connection with, as part of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader, merchant, or auctioneer.
(‘83 Code, § 112.01)