For the purpose of this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, the following definitions shall apply:
“Captive audience” means one or more purposefully stationary persons, such as persons in lines or seated in public areas.
“Charitable” means and includes the words patriotic, philanthropic, social services, welfare, benevolent, educational, religious, civic or fraternal, either actual or purported.
“City” means the city of La Puente.
“Contribution” means and includes alms, food, clothing, money, or property, subscription or pledge, and it also means and includes donations under the guise of loans of money or property.
“Director” means the community development director or his or her designee.
“Person” means any individual, firm, business, partnership, corporation, cooperative, company, association, joint stock association, church, religious sect, religious denomination, society, organization, or league and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee, agent, solicitor, or other similar representative thereof.
"Solicit" and "solicitation" mean those activities of a person not having a regularly established place of business or permanent residence in the city engaged in the business of taking orders for the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, magazines, papers, periodicals or other form of occupation or business involving canvassing and taking orders from house to house or place to place, or upon the streets and public places within the city. Activities listed under Section 5.46.050 are exempt from this definition.
"Street or highway" means all of those areas dedicated as public thoroughfares, including, but not limited to, roadways, parkways, medians, alleys, sidewalks and public ways.
(Ord. 826 § 2, 2004: Ord. 788 § 26 (part), 1999)