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. Any person, whether as owner, agent, or consignee, who engages in a temporary business of selling goods within the village and who, in the furtherance of such business, uses any building, structure, vehicle, or any place within the village.
PEDDLER. Any person not an itinerant merchant who:
(1) Travels from place to place, by any means, carrying goods for sale, or making sales, or making deliveries; or
(2) Without traveling from place to place, sells, or offers goods for sale, from any public place within the village.
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.
(Prior Code, § 110.01)