(A) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ITINERANT MERCHANT. Any salesperson or merchant offering for sale goods, wares or merchandise, other than farm products, shall be deemed an ITINERANT MERCHANT if the person conducts business within the city for less than six months, except in case of discontinuance for one of the reasons hereinafter mentioned.
(B) When any person does not pay license tax herein levied on the ground stated intention to become a regular merchant shall pay a cash deposit in the sum of $100, which bond shall be forfeited for the payment of the tax herein levied in case the person discontinues the business within six months for any reason other than death, disability, insolvency or destruction of stock by fire or other catastrophe. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons who sell books, periodicals, printed music, ice, wood for fuel, fish, beef, mutton, pork, bread, cakes, pies, dairy products, poultry, eggs, livestock or articles produced by the individual offering them for sale, but shall apply to medicines, drugs or articles assembled.
(Ord. 02-04, passed 3-26-2002)