§ 5.12.010. Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall be considered to have the following meanings:

"Canvasser" or "solicitor" means any individual, whether resident of the city or not, whose business is mainly or principally carried on by traveling either by foot, wagon, automobile, motor 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 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. Such definition shall include any person who, for himself, herself or for another person, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, tent, railroad boxcar, boat, hotel room, lodging house, apartment, shop or any other place within the city for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery.

"Peddler" means any person, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle, 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, merchandise, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, garden truck, farm products or provisions, offering and exposing 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 a wagon, automotive vehicle, railroad boxcar or other vehicle or conveyance, and further provided, that one who solicits orders and as a separate transaction makes deliveries to purchasers as a part of a scheme or design to evade the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a peddler.

"Residence" means and includes every separate living unit occupied for residential purposes by one or more persons, contained within any type of building or structure.

"Soliciting" means and includes any one or more of the following activities:

1. Seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs, services, of any kind, character or description whatever, for any kind of consideration whatever; or

2. Seeking to obtain prospective customers for application or purchase of insurance of any type, kind or character; or

3. Seeking to obtain subscriptions to books, magazines, periodicals, newspapers and every other type or kind of publication.

"Street salesperson" means any person engaged in any manner in selling merchandise of any kind from a wagon or stand temporarily located on the public streets or sidewalks of this city.

(Prior code § 5-201)