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<br /> ORDINANCE 04-03
<br /> `-' AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS TO
<br /> TRANSIENT MERCHANTS,PEDDLERS,AND SOLICITORS
<br /> Section 1. DEFINITIONS
<br /> PEDDLER. A person who goes from house-to-house, door-to-door,business-to-
<br /> business, street-to-street,or any other type of place-to-place, for the purpose of offering
<br /> for sale, displaying or exposing for sale, selling or attempting to sell, and delivering
<br /> immediately upon sale,the goods, wares,products,merchandise or other personnel
<br /> property that the person is carrying or otherwise transporting. The term peddler shall
<br /> mean the same as the term hawker.
<br /> SOLICITOR. A person who goes from house-to-house, door-to-door,business-to-
<br /> business, street-to-street,or any other type of place-to-place, for the purpose of obtaining
<br /> or attempting to obtain orders for goods, wares, products, merchandise, other personal
<br /> property or services of which he or she may be carrying or transporting samples, or that
<br /> may be described in a catalog or by other means, and for which delivery or performance
<br /> shall occur at a later time. The absence of samples or catalogs shall not remove a person
<br /> from the scope of this provision if the actual purpose of the person's activity is to obtain
<br /> or attempt to obtain orders as discussed above. The term shall mean the same as the term
<br /> "canvasser"
<br /> TRANSIENT MERCHANT. A person who temporarily sets up business out of a
<br /> vehicle,trailer, boxcar, tent,other portable shelter, or empty store front for the purpose of
<br /> exposing or displaying for sale, selling or attempting to sell, and delivering, goods,wares,
<br /> products,merchandise or other personal property and who does not remain or intend to
<br /> remain in any one location for more than 14 consecutive days.
<br /> Section 2. EXCEPTIONS TO DEFINITIONS
<br /> 1. For the purpose of the requirements of this chapter,the terms PEDDLER,
<br /> SOLICITOR, and TRANSIENT MERCHANT shall not apply to any person selling or
<br /> attempting to sell at wholesale any goods, wares,products,merchandise or other personal
<br /> property to a retailer of the items being sold by the wholesaler. The terms also shall not
<br /> apply to any person who makes initial contacts with other people for the purpose of
<br /> establishing or trying to establish a regular customer delivery route for the delivery of
<br /> perishable food and dairy products such as baked goods and milk,nor shall they apply to
<br /> any person making deliveries of perishable food and dairy products to the customers on
<br /> his or her established regular delivery route.
<br /> 2. In addition,persons conducting the type of sales commonly known as garage
<br /> sales, rummage sales, or estate sales, as well as those persons participating in an
<br /> organized multi-person bazaar or flea market, shall be exempt from the definitions of
<br /> PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, and TRANSIENT MERCHANTS, as shall be anyone
<br /> conducting an auction as a properly licensed auctioneer, or any officer of the court
<br /> conducting a court-ordered sale. Exemption from the definitions for the scope of this
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