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 an itinerant merchant, peddler or solicitor, as defined in this section.
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 within the city and who, in the furtherance of such business, uses any building, structure, vehicle or any place within the city.
PEDDLER.
(1) Any person who travels from place to place by any means carrying goods for sale, or making sales or making deliveries;
(2) Any person who, without traveling from place to place, sells or offers goods for sale from any public place within the city; and
(3) A person who is a
PEDDLER is not an ITINERANT MERCHANT.
SOLICITOR. Any person who travels by any means from place to place, taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods to be delivered in the future or for services to be performed in the future. A person who is a SOLICITOR is not a PEDDLER.
(A) Any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler or solicitor shall obtain a license before engaging in such activity within the city.
(B) The fee for the license required by this chapter shall be as set from time to time by the legislative body.
(C) No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable.
(D) All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire 90 days after the date of issuance thereof.
Penalty, see § 116.99
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