For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE.
Anything of value offered for sale or solicitation to the public by any person.
CHARITABLE SPECIAL EVENTS. Any indoor or outdoor event, fair, carnival, festival, musical concert, sporting competition or contest, conducted, organized, coordinated or otherwise held by an organization, on public or private land, from which 100% of the profits realized by the permittee and vendors, after expenses, shall be donated to an organization that is recognized as tax-exempt and non-profit, under the provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
ITINERANT VENDOR. Any person utilizing any cart, table, equipment, tent, or other apparatus, which is stationary, designed and intended so as to not be a permanent fixture on a lot, and which a cart, table, tent, equipment or other apparatus is used for the retail sale, display, and/or accessory advertising of merchandise or food.
NON-CHARITABLE SPECIAL EVENT(S). Event(s) operated solely for the purpose of providing a venue for itinerant vendors to sell or offer for sale articles of merchandise, food or beverage.
PEDDLER. Any person selling, offering for sale, or soliciting orders for goods, food or services or distributing, disseminating, or gathering information by written or spoken word upon the streets, sidewalks, multi-use paths, town-owned property, town-owned parking areas, public beaches or alleys of the city, or by going from place to place whether by foot or by other means of transportation.
PEDDLING. The sale, offering for sale, or distribution of any articles of merchandise or advertisement from house to house, person to person or upon personal property by any person or persons from a cart, truck, automobile, by foot or by other device operated over and upon the streets and highways, sidewalks, multi-use paths, town-owned property, town-owned parking areas, public beaches, or alleys of the town.
(Ord. 98-07, passed 8-10-98; Am. Ord. 03-14, passed 7-14-03; Am. Ord. 05-03, passed 3-17-05; Am. Ord. 09-13, passed 8-10-09; Am. Ord. 12-03, passed 3-12-12; Am. Ord. 13-13, passed 9-9-13; Am. Ord. 17-5, passed 7-10-19)