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 a transient 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.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity form, either as principal or agent, who engages in any temporary business in the town of offering for sale or selling goods, wares, or merchandise, and who, in the furtherance of such business, uses any building, structure, vehicle, or any place within the town for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, or merchandise.
PEDDLER. Any person, not a transient merchant, who:
(1) Travels from place to place by any means carrying goods for sale, or making deliveries; or
(2) Without traveling from place to place, sells or offers goods for sale from any public place within the town.
SOLICITOR. Any person who travels by any means from place to place, taking or attempting to take orders for the 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.