§ 15-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them:

Chief of police means the chief of police of the city or his designee.

City-based organization means any group maintaining an organizational structure within the city, and which may be either registered with the state as a certified nonprofit organization or nationally chartered as a service or professional organization and which is working for the betterment of the entire city.

Canvasser means any person who attempts to make personal contact with a person at a residence without a prior specific invitation or appointment from the resident for the purpose of attempting to enlist support for or against a particular religion, philosophy, ideology, political party, issue or candidate, even if incidental to such purpose the canvasser accepts the donation of money for or against the cause.

Commerce means soliciting, selling or taking orders for or offering to take orders for, any goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property or services.

Itinerant vendor means any person in person or by agents, servants and employees, who or which engages in the temporary or transient business of selling, exhibiting or offering for sale in the city, any goods, wares, merchandise, services, photographs, produce or other personal property, or offers for sale or exhibits the same for sale, or exhibits the same for the purpose of taking orders or subscriptions for the sale thereof.

Local youth organization means any participant in a local youth organization that operates within the city limits of The Colony. This includes local school sports and academic teams and organizations such as girl and boy scouts, or similar organizations.

Nonprofit organization means any organization which is either registered with the state as a certified nonprofit organization or nationally chartered as a service or professional organization and which is working for the betterment of the entire city.

Peddler, solicitor and itinerant vendor means any person engaged in the soliciting, selling or taking orders for, or offering to take orders for, any goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property or services, including but not limited to, produce and photographs, in the city.

Solicit funds or solicitation of funds means any request for money, property or anything of value; or the pledge of future money, property or anything of value; or the selling or offering for sale of any property, real or personal tangible or intangible, whether of value or not, including, but not limited to, goods, books, pamphlets, tickets, publications or subscriptions, or for any paid service. Soliciting includes the posting of any handbills for such goods or services.

Temporary business means any business transacted or conducted in the city in, upon, through or from any private premises or space upon any private property for which no definite arrangement for legal right of occupancy thereof, for the purpose of conducting such business therein or thereon for a period of at least one month, has been made in advance of such use and occupancy.

Transient business means the business of an itinerant vendor as may be operated or conducted by any person, or his agents, servants or employees, who resides or is domiciled away from the city or who has a fixed place of business or business headquarters outside of the city, or who moves stocks of goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property or samples thereof into the city with the purpose or intention of removing them or the unsold portion thereof away from the city before the expiration of six months.

( Ord. No. 2016-2194 , § 2, 1-19-2016)