The following terms shall have meanings ascribed in this chapter.
APPLICANT. Any solicitor or sponsor on whose behalf one or more individual solicitors pursue house-to-house activities.
CORPORATE LIMITS. Include the Town Service District and the Rural Service District of the town.
EXEMPT PERSONS. Include the following:
(1) An individual while and to the extent he or she is engaged in protected political speech or activity;
(2) An individual while and to the extent he or she is engaged in protected religious speech or activity;
(3) An individual engaged in the solicitation of funds and/or the sale of cookies, candies, paper products or similar sundries for and on behalf of a not-for-profit organization or association that is exempt from the Indiana Gross Retail Tax;
(4) An individual who, due to the applicable federal or state law, is exempt from local licensing requirements. These individuals shall follow the established hours, manner, and restrictions, in which house-to-house soliciting may be conducted within the city.
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SOLICITATIONS. Include all methods and means of soliciting funds and/or of selling commercial products, services or property within the corporate limits of the town ("town"), by and through the uninvited in-person solicitation of town residents on private property.
VENDOR. A person, partnership, corporation, company, organization or entity who is not an exempt person and who is engaged in the selling, peddling, marketing for future sales, merchandising or brokering of products, services or property to the general public for a commercial purpose and/or who is engaged in the solicitation of funds.
VENDOR SOLICITOR. Any individual licensed as a solicitor and employed by a vendor and shall include both commercial and non-commercial solicitors.
(Ord. 2023-15, passed 9-5-2023)