(a) It is unlawful for any solicitor or canvasser to engage in business on any public street, sidewalk, or mall where such person’s operation tends to, or does impede or inconvenience the public or any person in the lawful use of such street, sidewalk, or mall.
(b) “Solicitor or canvasser,” as used in this article, means any person, traveling by foot, or any other type of conveyance, or by wagon, automobile, motor truck, taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or other personal property for future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such person carries or exhibits any samples or collects advance payments on sales. The term shall also include any person who, for oneself or for another, hires, leases, uses, or occupies any building, structure, tent, room, shop, vehicle, or any other place for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery.
(Sec. 26-5.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 29, Art. 5, § 29-5.1)