For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. The City of Union, Oregon.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
SOLICITOR. Any person, whether an owner, agent, consignee or employee:
(1) Who engages in the temporary business in this city of selling, offering and/or delivering goods, wares or services, by going from house to house;
(2) Who conducts meetings open to the general public where goods, wares, services or franchises, distributorship, contracts or business opportunities are offered for sale;
(3) Who, without traveling from place to place, sells or offers for sale goods, wares, services, franchises or distributorship, from an automobile, truck, railroad car or other vehicle or conveyance; or
(4) SOLICITOR does not include the following:
(a) A resident in this city at least 30 days who regularly engages in the business of selling, offering and/or delivering goods, wares or services by going from house to house;
(b) A regular commercial traveler employed by a wholesale house and selling goods, wares, merchandise or services to merchants of this city for the purpose of resale;
(c) A representative of a public utility;
(d) A person soliciting money, donations of property or financial assistance of any kind, or selling or distributing any items of literature or merchandise for a fee upon the streets, in office buildings, by house to house canvas or in public places for a charitable, religious, patriotic or philanthropic purpose;
(e) Bona fide auctions conducted pursuant to law;
(f) Sales required by statute or by order of any Court;
(g) Rummage sales consisting of the sale of contributed miscellaneous articles, used or new, to raise money for charitable, religious, patriotic or philanthropic purposes; and
(h) Garage and yard sales consisting of sale from garage, yard or dwelling by persons residing in the city and not generally engaged in the business of retail sales and where the items being sold consist of household goods and personal articles owned and used by the sellers. The sale shall not be more than four days in length and no person shall conduct such a sale more than four times in any calendar year.
(Ord. 434, passed 7-13-1992) Penalty, see § 110.999