§ 8-181. Definitions.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

Goods, wares, or merchandise means all varieties of merchandise items, whether handmade or manufactured, or services, whether personally or professionally categorized as, but not necessarily limited to, souvenirs, gifts, prizes, art/school supplies, cloth, clothing or wearing apparel, novelties, small appliances, works of art or crafts, directional information and/or charts, street photographers, pools or mechanical devices of any nature.

Itinerant vendor/peddler includes the terms "peddler," "solicitor," "canvasser," "foot peddler" and "hawker" and means all persons who engage in the giving away or the selling or offering for sale of goods, wares, or merchandise, or who solicit patronage from any person, business, or service by word of mouth, or gesture, or by distributing handbills or other printed matter, or by use of electrical, mechanical, or sound-making devices, to entice or persuade any person to buy, sell or accept goods, wares, or merchandise upon the public streets, highways, or rights-of-way outside the corporate limits of any city in the county, where such itinerant vendor/peddler engages in the above-mentioned activities from a temporary or transient location.

Open air market or farmers market means public property open to the resort of the general public as purchasers, as well as persons who offer wares for sale and where stalls, stands, or space is allotted on payment of fixed rents or fees.

Public designated square means an open space set aside for public passage, use, recreation or simple enjoyment in the nature of a park.

(Code 1992, § 7-181; Ord. No. 59, 8-28-1989)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction § 1-2.