Except as may otherwise be provided or clearly implied by context, all terms shall be given their commonly accepted definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FOOD VENDORS. Those persons owning or operating a mobile food cart, mobile food vehicle or temporary food stand.
MOBILE FOOD CART. A non- motorized cart from which prepackaged or ready to eat foods are sold to the public.
MOBILE FOOD VEHICLE. A self-contained vehicle or trailer used prepare and serve food or ice cream novelties that is readily movable without disassembling.
PEDDLER. Any person, whether a resident of the city or not, who goes from house to house, from place to place or from street to street, conveying or transporting goods, wares or merchandise or offering or exposing the same for sale or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers. It does not include vendors who distribute products to regular customers on regular established routes.
SOLICITOR. Any person, whether a resident of the city or not, who goes from house to house, from place to place, or from street to street, in person or by telephone, soliciting or taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods, wares or merchandise, including magazines, books, periodicals or personal property of any nature whatsoever for future delivery, or for service to be performed in the future, whether or not such individual has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such order or whether or not he or she is collecting advance payments on such orders. Such definition includes any person who, for himself or herself, or for another person, firm or corporation, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, motor vehicle, trailer, structure, tent, hotel room, lodging house, apartment, shop or other place within the city for the primary purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery. It does not include vendors who distribute products to or take orders from regular customers on regular established routes or display products or take orders at invited in-home demonstrations.
TEMPORARY FOOD STAND. A food and beverage service establishment that is disassembled and move from location to location which operates no more than 21 days in the same location.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person, firm or corporation, whether as 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 such purpose, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, motor vehicle, lodging house, apartments, 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. Such definition does not include any person who, while occupying such temporary location, does not sell from stock, but exhibits samples for the purpose of securing orders for future delivery only. The sale of farm or garden products, whether or not sold by the person producing the same, shall be included within the definition set forth above; provided, however, that, the City Council may exempt such farm and garden products from the chapter as are sold at a duly organized and authorized farmer’s market.
(Ord. 19-809, passed 12-10-2019)