For the purpose of this chapter the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PEDDLER. Any person, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle, or any other type of conveyance from place to place, carrying, conveying, or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits or farm products who offers these goods for sale, makes sales and delivers the goods to purchasers, or who without traveling from place to place sells or offers to sell from a wagon, automotive vehicle, railroad car or other vehicle or conveyance.
SOLICITOR. Any individual, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling by foot, wagon, automobile, motor truck or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise or personal property of any nature 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 is collecting advance payments on the sales or not. This definition shall include any person who, for himself or for another person, firm, or corporation, hires, leases, uses or
occupies any building, structure, tent, railroad boxcar, boat, hotel room, lodging house, apartment, shop or any other place within the city for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery.
TRANSIENT MERCHANT. Any person, firm or corporation, whether as owner, agent, consignee or employee, or whether a resident of the city or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling and delivering goods, wares and merchandise within the city, and who, in furtherance of that purpose, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, real estate, structure, motor vehicle, tent, railroad boxcar, boat, public room in hotels, lodging house, apartment, shop or any street, alley or other place within the city, for the exhibition and sale of goods, wares and merchandise, either privately or at public auction.
(1992 Code, § 5.04.010) (Ord. 1100, passed 11-5-1963; Am. Ord. 2018-21, passed 9-18- 2018)