For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PEDDLER. Any person who goes door to door, street to street, or place to place, to offer or display for sale, and delivering immediately upon sale, goods, wares, merchandise, or services transported with that person.
SOLICITOR. Any person who, for solely commercial sales purposes, goes door to door, street to street, or place to place, to obtain or attempt to obtain orders for goods, wares, merchandise, or services as shown or described by sample, catalog, or some other form, for which delivery or performance will occur at a later time.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person, who engages in, or transacts any temporary and transient business in the city, selling goods, wares, or merchandise; and, who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases, occupies, or uses a building, structure, vacant or occupied lot, or railroad car for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise. The term TRANSIENT MERCHANT does not include a seller or exhibitor in a firearms collector show involving two or more sellers or exhibitors.