As used in this chapter:
(a) "Hawker, " "peddler " or "itinerant vendor" means any person who sells, barters or exchanges any goods, wares, produce, merchandise or other articles of value at any place in, upon, along or through the streets or alleys or other public places or from house to house.
(b) "Transient dealer" means any person who opens a store temporarily for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise or other articles of value or purchases the entire stock of a merchant for the purpose of closing it out at reduced prices.
(c) "Billposter" means any person who engages in the business of billposting, card tacking or the distributing of advertising material of any article or compound.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person doing business continuously for the period of one year within the City.
(1941 Code, Sec. 9-60.)