For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined herein shall have the following meanings:
PEDDLER: Any person or persons who goes from house to house, from place to place or from street to street, conveying or transporting goods, wares or merchandise or offering or exposing the same for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers.
SALES LOT: An outdoor area, not enclosed within a building that may include allowed temporary structures used for temporary display of merchandise for sale which is not the principal use of the property but is in compliance with the requirements of the zoning district in which it is located. Examples of such use include seasonal display and sale of Christmas trees, gardening or nursery products, consumer fireworks, or other similar goods.
SOLICITOR: Any person who goes from house to house, from place to place or from street to street, soliciting or taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods, wares or merchandise, including magazines, books, periodicals or personal property of any nature whatsoever for future delivery, or for service to be performed in the future, whether or not such individual has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such order or whether he/she is collecting advance payments on such orders. Such definition includes any person, who for himself/herself, or another person, firm or corporation, hires, leases, uses, or occupies any building, motor vehicle, structure or other place within the city for the primary purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT: Any person, individual, copartnership, or corporation, either as principal or agent, who engages in, does or transacts any temporary and transient business in this state, either in one locality or in traveling from place to place in this state, selling goods, wares and merchandise; and who for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases, occupies or uses a building, structure, vehicle, trailer, tent or other portable shelter, or vacant lot for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares and merchandise. The term "transient merchant" does not include a seller or exhibitor in a firearms collector show involving two (2) or more sellers or exhibitors. (Ord. XVI.55, 6-7-2005)