For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CANVASSER or SOLICITOR. Any individual, whether a resident of the village or not, traveling either by foot, wagon, automobile, motor truck, or any other type of conveyance from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street taking, or attempting to take, polls, surveys, orders, sales, or subscriptions for goods, wares, merchandise, including magazines, personal property of any nature whatsoever for future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not the individual has, carries, or exposes for sale, a sample of the subject of the sale or whether he or she is collecting advance payment for the sales or not. This definition shall include any person who for himself, herself, or another person hires, leases, uses, or occupies any building, structure, tent, railroad car, boat, hotel room, lodging house, apartment house, shop, or any other place within the village for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. Any patriotic, philanthropic, social service, welfare, athletic, political, benevolent, education, civic, or fraternal organization which was organized and exists as a not for profit entity.
ITINERANT MERCHANTS and TRANSIENT VENDORS. All persons, principals, agents, or employees who engage in a temporary or transient business in the village, either in one locality or traveling from place to place within the village to sell goods, wares, and merchandise, whether or not the persons, for the purpose of carrying on the business, hire, lease, or occupy any building or structure, room, place, space, vacant lot, railroad boxcar, boat, vessel, or vehicle of any kind for the exhibition and sale of goods, wares, and merchandise. The terms shall also include all persons, principals, agents, or employees who transiently or temporarily engage in the business of assembling and trucking or assembling and transporting in any manner whatsoever any goods, wares, or merchandise for the purpose of selling and delivering the same in wholesale lots or quantities and at wholesale prices to any retail dealer. However, this does not apply to any person selling goods, wares, or merchandise which are raised, produced, or manufactured by him or her, to any person selling vegetables, fruit, or perishable farm products at an established city or village market, to any person operating a store or refreshment stand at a resort, to any person operating a stand or booth on or adjacent to property owned by him or her or upon which he or she resides, to any person operating a stand or booth at a state or county fair, any school sponsored event, any event approved by the village, or to any person operating a stand or booth at a trade show, exposition, convention, or similar event.
LICENSEE. Any permit or license holder under this chapter.
PEDDLER. Any person, whether a resident of the village or not, traveling by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle, or any other type of conveyance from place to place, house to house, or street to street, carrying, conveying, or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, garden trucks, farm products, or provisions, and offering and exposing the same for sale or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers or who, without traveling from place to place, shall sell or offer the same for sale from a wagon, automotive vehicle, railroad car, or other vehicle or conveyance; and further provided that one who solicits orders and as a separate transaction makes delivery to purchasers as a part of the scheme or design to evade the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a PEDDLER subject to the provisions of this chapter. The word PEDDLER shall include the words HAWKER and HUCKSTER.
TAG DAYS. A day or days upon which a charitable organization may solicit contributions in the village at locations other than on public ways by means of distributing emblems, flowers, edible items, or tags to persons who make a contribution to the charitable organization.
TEMPORARY or TRANSIENT. Any business transacted or conducted for which definite arrangements have not been made to remain in the village conducting and transacting the business for at least 30 consecutive days.
(Ord. 08-26, passed 3-23-09)