§ 5.40.010. Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter:

"Department" means the county department of planning, building and environmental services.

"Director" means the director of the county department of planning, building and environmental services, or the director's authorized designee.

"Engaged in business" means the conducting, managing or carrying on of any business mentioned herein by any person or owner, officer, agent, manager, employee, servant, tenant of lessee, partner or associate.

"Peddler" means any person who travels by foot or by any type of conveyance from door to door, house to house, place to place, or street to street, carrying, conveying or transporting food, goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property of any nature whatsoever, offering or 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 any vehicle or from any place not a permanent store building. The word "peddler" means and includes the words "hawker," "huckster," "roadside vendor" and "itinerant vendor." The word "peddler" shall also mean a person offering goods, wares or merchandise for sale or future delivery from a fixed place of business if the goods, wares or merchandise are sold during a temporary or limited period of time, or seasonally.

"Person" means the singular and plural, and shall also mean and include any individual, firm, corporation, association, club, copartnership, joint venture, or any other organization.

"Solicitor" means any person who travels either by foot or by any type of conveyance from door to door, house to house, place to place, or street to street, taking or attempting to take subscriptions, contracts of sale, or orders for the sale of foods, goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property of any nature whatever for future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such person has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale or whether or not he collects advance payments on such sales. The word "solicitor" shall include any person who uses or occupies any building, structure, room, shop, conveyance or other place other than a permanent store building within the county for the purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for merchandise or service for future delivery. The word "solicitor" shall include itinerant merchants and persons soliciting funds or otherwise peddling or soliciting for religious, political or charitable purposes.

(Ord. 717 § 2 (part), 1982: prior code § 6200)

(Ord. No. 1379, § 19, 1-29-2013)