For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PEDDLER. A person, or persons traveling from place to place selling and delivering merchandise or services at the same time. The term PEDDLER does not include a person who has been specifically invited to a customer’s residence or business location or a non-profit organization, as organized under the Internal Revenue Service Code.
PERSON or PERSONS. Any natural person and any firm, proprietorship, partnership or corporation.
SOLICITOR. A person, or persons who travel from place to place not carrying goods, but taking orders for future delivery, or soliciting for money or other things of value. The term SOLICITOR does not include a person who has been specifically invited to a customer’s residence or business location or a non-profit organization as organized under the Internal Revenue Service Code.
STREET VENDOR. A person, or persons traveling on public streets, public sidewalks, public property or private streets, and carrying, conveying or transporting such items as food, beverages, flowers and balloons, offering and exposing the same for sale by hand or from a mobile type device such as a push cart or van. There are four categories of STREET VENDORS.
(1) MOBILE FOOD CART. Any street vendor that is parked in the public right-of-way and specialized in selling food items and is subject to the county’s regulations regarding temporary restaurants.
(2) MOBILE STREET VENDOR. Any street vendor who does not occupy a specifically permitted area on private property, but instead travels consistently or intermittently throughout the city while offering goods or services for sale, including prepackaged foods.
(3) STATIONARY FOOD CART. Any self-contained food vendor who occupies a specifically permitted area on private property and is subject to the county’s regulations regarding temporary restaurants.
(4) STATIONARY STREET VENDOR. Any street vendor who occupies a specifically permitted area on private property.
TEMPORARY MERCHANT. A person, or persons occupying a temporary, fixed location, not within a permanent building, and selling or delivering from stock on hand, doing business in much the same manner as a permanent business.
(Prior Code, § 6.25.020) (Ord. 419, passed 3-3-2014)