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 or not a resident of the city traveling, either by foot, automobile, 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 orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, personal property of any nature whatsoever for future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such individual has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale, or whether he or she is collecting advance payments on such sales or not, provided that such definition shall include any person, who for himself, or for another person hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, tent, railroad box car, boat, or hotel room, lodging house, apartment, shop, or any place within the city for sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery.
PEDDLER. Includes any person, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling by foot, automobile, truck, or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, carrying, conveying or transporting goods, wares, or other merchandise, offering 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 automobile, truck, or other vehicle or conveyance. The word PEDDLER shall include the words "hawker" and "huckster."
TRANSIENT MERCHANT, ITINERANT MERCHANT, ITINERANT VENDOR.
(1) Any person, whether as owner, agent, consignee or employee, whether a resident of the city or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling and delivering vehicles, goods, wares and merchandise within the city, and who, in furtherance of such purpose, hires, leases, uses or occupies any parking lot, vacant lot, building, structure, motor vehicle, tent, railroad box car, or boat, public room in hotels, lodging houses, apartments, shops, or other place within the city, for the exhibition and sale of such vehicles, goods, wares and merchandise, either privately or at public auction. Tent and trailer operations are included in this definition.
(2) This definition shall be construed to include any person who while occupying such temporary location, does not sell from stock, but exhibits samples only for the purpose of securing orders for future delivery. The person so engaged shall not be relieved from complying with the provisions of this chapter merely by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer, or by conducting such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer.
(3) However, this definition shall not be construed to include charitable fund-raising activities, for example: Girl Scout cookie sales, fruit and bake sales, farmers' market activity, band candy, high school magazine sales, and the like. In addition, this definition shall not be construed to include legitimate route sales such as Schwan's, etc.
(Ord. 7, 2006, passed 8-28-2006)