For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS. The business carried on by any person who is an itinerant merchant, peddler, or solicitor as defined in this section.
GOODS. Merchandise of any description whatsoever, and includes, but is not restricted to, wares and foodstuffs.
ITINERANT MERCHANT or TEMPORARY MERCHANT.
(1) Any person bringing into and exhibiting for sale in the city, any goods, merchandise such as bankrupt stock, or any other stock of like kind, wholesale or any goods damaged by smoke, fire, water, wreck, or in any other manner, or engaging in business in the city temporarily, either independently or as an association with a bona fide merchant trader or dealer for the purpose of disposing of such merchandise. (Ord. 89-3, passed 6-6-89)
(2) Provided that a merchant who brings into and exhibits for sale in the city of undamaged new or remanufactured goods or merchandise not represented as bankrupt stock and who complies with the requirements of Chapter 110 shall not be considered an itinerant or temporary merchant subject to § 111.02(B) regardless of the length of time said merchant is present in the city.
PEDDLER.
(1) Any person who travels from place to place by any means carrying goods for sale, or making sales, or making deliveries; or
(2) Any person who, without traveling from place to place, sells or offers goods for sale from any public place within the city.
(3) A person who is a peddler is not an itinerant merchant.
SOLICITOR. Any person who travels by any means from place to place, taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods to be delivered in the future or for services to be performed in the future. A person who is a solicitor is not a peddler.
(Ord. 2003-010, passed 7-15-03)