The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings set forth in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(a) "Business" means any commercial enterprise, trade, calling, vocation, profession, occupation, or means of livelihood, whether or not carried on for gain or profit.
(b) "Business registration certificate" means a written statement issued by the city to a business owner as evidence of registering a business in the city.
(c) "Fixed place of business" means a place of business located in the city boundaries and occupied for the particular purpose of conducting business.
(e) "Person" means and includes any business owner, individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, business trust, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
(f) "Transitory business" means a business that is carried on for a short duration (such as pumpkin sales, special events, and filming) or a business that does not have a fixed place of business within Palo Alto (such as landscaping or construction contractors based in other cities).
(Ord. 5279 § 1 (part), 2014)