The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
CHARITABLE PURPOSE. Philanthropic, religious, or other nonprofit objectives, including the benefit of poor, needy, sick, refugee, or handicapped persons; the benefit of any church or religious society, sect, group, or order; the benefit of a patriotic or veterans' association or organization; the benefit of any fraternal, social, or civic organization, or the benefit of any educational institution. CHARITABLE PURPOSE shall not be construed to include any direct benefit to the individual making the home solicitation, to include the benefit of any political group, or political organization, which is subject to financial disclosure under state or federal law.
COMMERCIAL HOME SOLICITATION or SOLICITING. The solicitation at a residence through the attempt or act of asking, bartering, or communicating in any manner for the purpose of selling or offering to sell goods, services, or realty for a for-profit purpose, which includes promoting, advertising, receiving or obtaining money, gifts or items of value for said individual or group of individuals, or for-profit organization, club, company, corporation.
COMMERCIAL HOME DISTRIBUTION or DISTRIBUTE. The door-to-door distribution of advertisements or handbills (other than through the United States mail).
DUSK. Thirty minutes after sunset
FOOD TRUCK/TRAILER. A large vehicle, such as a van or trailer, equipped to cook, prepare, serve, and/or sell food.
HANDBILL. Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet, or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original, or copies of any matter or literature.
HANDBILL DISTRIBUTOR. Any person engaging or engaged in the business for hire or gain of distributing handbills, other than newspapers distributed to subscribers thereof, and any person receiving compensation directly or indirectly for the distribution of such handbills.
HANDBILL SPONSOR. Any person, firm, or corporation who utilizes handbills as a medium of advertising or spreading a message.
ITINERANT OPERATIONS. The conduct of business operations at one or more locations or properties throughout the day, provided that the mobile vendor does not remain or linger at any particular property or location for longer than 30 minutes.
ITINERANT VENDOR. Any person who sets up and operates a temporary business on privately owned property, whether improved or unimproved, in the city, soliciting, selling, or taking orders for, or offering to sell or take orders for any goods or services.
MOBILE FROZEN DAIRY FOOD VENDORS. Any person who operates a vehicle on the streets of the city for the purposes of soliciting sales of frozen dairy food, either made or produced at the time of the sale, or prepackaged and wrapped in a covering.
MOBILE ICE CREAM TRUCK. A mobile food unit that operates from a motor vehicle and sells only prepackaged, single-portion, ice cream or frozen confections.
PEDDLE. Traveling by foot, wagon, vehicle, or any other type of conveyance from street to street carrying, conveying, or transporting goods, wares, or merchandise and offering or exposing them for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers; or without traveling from place to place, exhibits, displays, sells, or offers for sale, such products from a wagon, handcart, pushcart, motor vehicle, conveyance, or from their person, while on the public right-of-way of the City of Maud.
PEDDLER. Any person traveling by foot, wagon, vehicle, or any other type of conveyance from street to street carrying, conveying, or transporting goods, wares, or merchandise and offering or exposing them for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers; or who, without traveling from place to place, exhibits, displays, sells, or offers for sale, such products from a wagon, handcart, pushcart, motor vehicle, conveyance, or from his person, while on the public right-of-way of the City of Maud. A peddler also includes any street vendor, itinerant vendor, or transient vendor.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. A legally established area or strip of land, either public or private, on which an irrevocable rite of passage has been recorded, and which is occupied, or intended to be occupied, by a street, utility service, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, or other similar use. RIGHT-OF-WAY also includes the travel portion of the roadway and all traffic medians.
RESIDENTIAL STREET. A thoroughfare or public driveway, other than an alley, not on the city's master thoroughfare plan, which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for general use and affords a principal means of vehicular or other access to property abutting thereon.
SOLICITATION or SOLICITING. The solicitation at a residence through the attempt or act of asking, bartering, or communicating in any manner for the purpose of selling or offering to sell goods, services, or realty for any purpose, which includes promoting, advertising, receiving or obtaining money, gifts or items of value for said individual or group of individuals, or organization, club, company, corporation.
TEMPORARY BUSINESS. A business that continues for 45 days or less; and, exists whether solicitation is from a stand, vehicle, or freestanding.
TRANSIENT VENDOR. Vendors who sell items for a limited time and have no permanent place of business at that location. Examples of places where transient vendor sales may take place are at fairs, bazaars, flea markets, art or craft shows, or concerts.
(Ord. 20-0214, passed 2-18-2020)