For the purpose of this title, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
BUSINESS: Any person, persons, partnerships, or corporations engaged in merchandising and/or selling a product or service for legal tender or trade.
DELIVERY: Any person, persons, partnerships, or corporations engaged in delivering a product or service for legal tender or trade.
ITINERANT VENDOR 1 : Any person, persons, partnerships or corporation who has no permanent physical place of business within the City limits, does not make regular stops within the City at the request of local persons or businesses and who desires on an intermittent basis to sell products or services within the City limits.
OFF SEASON: The period of time in Long Beach outside of the traditional summer season. For the purpose of this chapter, the "off season" shall be September 15 through May 15.
PEDDLING: Selling or offering for sale, barter or exchange at retail any goods, wares, merchandise or services of any kind whatsoever by traveling from place to place along the streets of the City or from residence to residence therein, but shall not include solicitation or canvassing for future delivery. "Peddling" may, in some instances, include the activities of an "itinerant vendor" or "transient merchant", as defined herein. If a peddler is also an "itinerant vendor" or "transient merchant", as defined herein, then those provisions shall also be applicable. To the extent that the provisions of this title relative to "peddling" are inconsistent with those relating to "itinerant vendors" and/or "transient merchants", the more restrictive provisions shall apply.
RESIDENCE: Means and includes every separate living unit occupied for residential purposes by one or more persons, contained within any type of building or structure.
SOLICITING: Means and includes any one or more of the following activities:
A. Seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs, insurance, or services of any kind, character or description whatever, for any kind of consideration whatever, all for future delivery; provided, however, that seeking to obtain subscriptions to books, magazines, periodicals, newspapers and every other type or kind of publication shall not be deemed to be soliciting, and such activities are not regulated by this title.
B. Seeking to obtain gifts or contributions of money, clothing or any other valuable thing for the support or benefit of any charitable or nonprofit association, organization, corporation, or project.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT: Any person who is engaged temporarily in the retail sale of goods, wares or merchandise in the City and who, for the purpose of conducting such business, occupies any building, room, vehicle, structure of any kind, or vacant lot; provided, however, this term does not include: any person selling goods, wares or merchandise which are raised, produced or manufactured by him; to any person selling vegetables, fruit or perishable farm products at an established City market; to any person operating a store or refreshment stand at a resort; or to any person operating a stand or booth on or adjacent to property owned by him or upon which he resides. It shall be prima facie evidence that a person is a "transient merchant" if the person does not transact business from a fixed location or if the person does not own, or lease for a term of at least six (6) months, the property from which business is conducted. (Ord. 958, 9-4-2018)
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| 1 | 2. See also chapter 2 of this title. |