For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"BUSINESS." The business carried on by any person who is a peddler or solicitor.
"GOODS." Merchandise of any description whatsoever, and includes, but is not restricted to, wares and foodstuffs.
"ITINERANT MERCHANT." Any person, whether as owner, agent, or consignee, who engages in a temporary business of selling goods and who, in the furtherance of such business, uses any building, struc- ture, vehicle, or any place within the city.
"PEDDLER." Any person who travels from house to house by any means carrying goods for sale, or making sales, or making deliveries, or any person who, without traveling from house to house sells or offers goods for sale from any public place within the city, provided, that the term shall not include an itinerant merchant.
"SOLICITOR."
(1) Any person who travels by any means from house to house taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods to delivered in the future or for services or repairs to be performed either presently or in the future; or
(2) Any person who, by use of telephone takes or attempts to take orders for sale of goods to be delivered or for services or repairs to be performed.
('75 Code, § 14-148) (Ord. 4309, passed 7-29-74; Am. Ord. 4393, passed 4-28-75)