For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS. The business carried on by any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler or solicitor, as defined in this section.
GOODS. Merchandise of any description whatsoever, and includes, but is not restricted to, wares and foodstuffs.
ITINERANT MERCHANT. Any person, whether as owner, agent or consignee, who engages in a temporary business of selling goods within the village and who, in the furtherance of such business, uses any building, structure, vehicle or any place within the village. Mobile food truck vendors, as defined by this section, are exempt from the definition of ITINERANT MERCHANT and are not subject to the licensing procedures as laid out in §§ 112.45 through 112.52 of this chapter.
MOBILE FOOD TRUCK VENDOR. The operator or proprietor of a motorized vehicle intended or designed for the cooking or preparation of hot and cold ready-to-eat food, prepackaged foods and drink for sale or distribution on a temporary basis at locations that may change from time to time. Ice cream trucks are exempt from the definition of MOBILE FOOD TRUCK VENDOR.
PEDDLER. Any person, not an itinerant merchant, who:
(1) Travels from place to place by any means carrying goods for sale, or making sales, or making deliveries; or
(2) Without traveling from place to place, sells or offers goods for sale from any public place within the village.
SOLICITOR.
(1) Any person who travels by any means from place to place, taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods to be delivered in the future or for services to be performed in the future.
(2) A person who is a SOLICITOR is not a peddler.
(Ord. 17-10-01, passed - -2017; Ord. 21-06-06, passed 6-15-2021)