For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PEDDLER. Any person who transports goods from place to place and sells or offers for sale those goods, or who, without traveling from place to place, sells or offers for sale any goods from any vehicle or device; provided that, any person who separates the acts of sale and delivery for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a PEDDLER.
SOLICITOR. Any person who travels from place to place taking or offering to take orders for the sale of goods for future delivery, whether or not samples are displayed or money is collected in advance, and any person who uses or occupies any building or premises for the sole purpose of taking or offering to take orders for the sale of goods for future delivery, or for personal services to be performed in the future, whether or not samples are displayed or money is collected in advance.
TRANSIENT VENDOR. Any person who engages in a temporary business of selling and delivering goods and who, for this purpose, uses or occupies any building or premises; provided that, no person shall be relieved from complying with the provisions of this chapter merely by conducting a transient business in association with any permanently established merchant.
(Ord. passed 7-10-1978)