For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICANT. Any solicitor or sponsor on whose behalf one or more individual solicitors pursue house to house or place to place activities.
COMMERCIAL SOLICITOR. Any person:
(1) Who does not operate his or her business and sell his or her particular property exclusively or regularly from an established and fixed place or location, store or warehouse in the town;
(2) Who regularly operates a business solely by solicitation from house to house or place to place by means of traveling over the public streets of the town carrying and selling or offering to sell direct to any person various kinds of goods or property; or
(3) Who carries samples of various goods or property by which he or she solicits sales of a complete product to be delivered at a subsequent time.
NON-COMMERCIAL SOLICITOR. Any person who solicits, induces or accepts contributions, donations or financial support for any non-commercial activity including, but not limited to, political, social, charitable or religious causes by solicitation from house to house or place to place by means of traveling over the public streets of the town.
NON-COMMERCIAL SPONSOR. Any sponsor of non-commercial solicitors who or which files an application for a license pursuant to this chapter and including a request for derivative licenses on behalf of individual solicitors listed in the application.
SOLICITOR. Both commercial and non-commercial solicitors.
(1996 Code, § 11-1) (Ord. 89-1, passed - -; Ord. 90-15, passed - -; Ord. 94-04, passed - -; Ord. 94-07, passed - -; Ord. 2009-05, passed 5-4-2009)