Except as may otherwise be provided or clearly implied by context, all terms shall be given their commonly accepted definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NON-COMMERCIAL DOOR-TO-DOOR ADVOCATE. A person who goes door-to-door for the primary purpose of disseminating religious, political, social, or other ideological beliefs. For the purpose of this chapter, the term DOOR-TO-DOOR ADVOCATE shall fall under the term solicitor and include door-to-door canvassing and pamphleteering intended for non-commercial purposes.
PEDDLER. A person who goes from house-to-house, door-to-door, business-to-business, street-to- street, or any other type of place-to-place, for the purpose of offering for sale, displaying or exposing for sale, selling or attempting to sell, and delivering immediately upon sale, the goods, wares, products, merchandise or other personal property that the person is carrying or otherwise transporting. The term PEDDLER shall mean the same as the term hawker.
PERSON. Any natural individual, group, organization, corporation, partnership or association. As applied to groups, organizations, corporations, partnerships and associations, the term shall include each member, officer, partner, associate, agent or employee.
PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISER. Any person, including a corporation or other entity, who, for compensation, performs any solicitations or other services for a religious, political, social or other charitable organization.
REGULAR BUSINESS DAY. Any day during which the city hall is normally open for the purpose of conducting public business. Holidays defined by state law shall not be counted as regular business days.
SOLICITOR. A person who goes from house-to-house, door-to-door, business-to-business, street- to-street, or any other type of place-to-place, for the purpose of obtaining or attempting to obtain orders for goods, wares, products, merchandise, other personal property or services of which he or she may be carrying or transporting samples, or that may be described in a catalog or by other means, and for
which delivery or performance shall occur at a later time. The absence of samples or catalogs shall not remove a person from the scope of this provision if the actual purpose of the person’s activity is to obtain or attempt to obtain orders as discussed above. The term shall mean the same as the term “canvasser.”
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. A person who temporarily sets up business out of a vehicle, trailer, boxcar, tent, other portable shelter, empty store front, parking lot, or vacant lot for the purpose of exposing or displaying for sale, selling or attempting to sell, and delivering, goods, wares, products, merchandise or other personal property. It shall also mean a person who provides services from the above locations except that services shall not include massage services, tattoo parlors and other similar activities or activities that are prohibited elsewhere in the corresponding zoning district. A transient merchant must not remain or intend to remain in any one location for more than 14 consecutive days, or at any location within the city for a period exceeding 60 total days during a calendar year.
(Am. Ord. 244, passed 8-2-10)