(a) "Peddler" means any person who carries with him for the purpose of sale at retail and immediate or future delivery, goods, wares, food or merchandise, or any person who in person or principal or agent canvasses, sells or otherwise obtains orders or commitments for the sale, repair or exchange of goods, wares, food or merchandise or services.
(b) "Solicitor" means any person who obtains or seeks to obtain funds for any cause whatsoever by means of canvassing from place to place.
(c) "City Manager" means the City Manager of Union, Ohio or his designee.
(d) “Canvassing”, “Canvassers” and “Canvass” means the house-to-house distribution of ideas, pamphlets, literature or the collection of signatures or support for any purpose or cause. This definition does not include solicitation, peddling or vending as those terms are defined in this section. This definition includes requesting contributions when such requests are made in conjunction with the house-to-house distribution of ideas, pamphlets, literature or the collection of signatures or support for any purpose or cause. This definition includes both “Contact Canvassers” and “Non-Contact Canvassers” as defined in subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2) hereof.
(1) “Contact Canvassers” and “Contact Canvassing” mean those persons who canvass, as defined in subsection (d) hereof through in person, face-to-face contact, verbal or otherwise, with individual residents.
(2) “Non-contact Canvassers” and “Non-Contact Canvassing” means those persons who canvass, as defined in subsection (d) hereof, without attempting in person, face-to-face contact with individual residents, such as the distribution of leaflets and/or pamphlets by leaving them at a place of residence.
(e) “Charitable” means and incl udes the words patriotic, philanthropic, social service, welfare, benevolent, educational, fraternal or any agency created for the purpose of supporting health research or health measures, either actual or purported.
(f) “Contribution” means the gift, sale for less than market value or purpose for more than market value of alms, food, clothing, money or property, including donations under the guise of a loan of money or property or the rental thereof for any charitable, religious or political use or purpose.
(g) “Persons” means any firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, church, religious sect, religious denomination, society, organization or league, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, agent or other similar representative thereof.
(h) “Political” and “Political Organization” shall not mean or include the term “charitable”. Such terms shall be given their commonly accepted definitions. It is not necessary that a person be a candidate for an office or in support of another person as a candidate to be included within the definition of “political” or “political organization”.
(i) “Religious” and “Religion” shall not mean and include the term “charitable”. Such terms shall be given their commonly accepted definitions.
(j) “Vendor” means a person who transfers property by door-to-door sale.
(Ord. 1541. Passed 7-9-12.)