§ 5-12.01. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

(a)

"Hawker" shall mean a peddler who not only carries goods for sale but seeks for purchasers, either by shouting, or by attracting notice and attention to his goods for sale by the actual exhibition or exposure of such goods, or by placards or labels, or by the sound of a horn, or by other means.

(b)

"Peddler" means any person who engages in the act of peddling, as defined in this section.

(c)

"Solicitor," "drummer," or "canvasser" shall mean any person who goes from house to house or from place to place taking, or attempting to take, orders for the sales of goods, wares, and merchandise of any nature whatsoever for future delivery or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such individual has a sample, or whether or not he is collecting advance payments. "Canvasser" shall also include any person who goes from house to house or place to place for the purpose of leaving samples and/or advertisements for any goods, wares, or merchandise or for services to be rendered.

(d)

"Transient or itinerant merchant" shall mean any person who establishes himself in business with the intention and determination to remain in business for a short period of time only, whether such period is a definite or indefinite one, such as a period of one or more weeks or months, or until a particular stock of merchandise is disposed of, or until the local market for the commodity handled by the dealer has been exhausted, and who, for such limited period, engages or occupies a building or other place for the exhibition and sale of his goods or wares.

(e)

"Peddle" and "peddling" mean traveling by foot, motorized vehicle, nonmotorized vehicle or any other type of conveyance from place-to-place, house-to-house, or from street-to-street, carrying, conveying or transporting goods, wares, merchandise, or food and concurrently offering or exposing the same for sale.

(f)

"Public sidewalk or street" means all of those areas dedicated as public thoroughfares, including, but not limited to, roadways, parkways, medians, alleys, sidewalks and public ways or dedicated easements for public rights-of-way.

(§ 1, Ord. 746, eff. March 14, 1991, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1109, eff. March 15, 2007)