§ 32-1. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Mobile shall mean being capable of being in active, but not necessarily continuous, movement.

Mobile food vendor shall mean any business which sells food or beverages from a vehicle or structure which is capable of being moved from place to place. The term shall include, but is not limited to:

(1)

Mobile food truck: a self-contained motorized unit selling food or beverage items;

(2)

Concessions cart: mobile vending unit that must be moved by non-motorized means; and

(3)

Trailer: a vending unit which is capable of being moved when pulled by a motorized unit and has no power to move on its own.

Peddler means any person, whether a resident of the city or not, traveling from house to house, or from street to street, for the purpose of selling or soliciting for sale, goods, wares, merchandise or services, other than agricultural products produced or processed in the state; and also means and includes any person transacting a temporary business within the city at an established place of business. The term "peddler" includes the terms "solicitor," "transient or itinerant merchant or vendor," or "transient or itinerant photographer."

(Code 1978, § 17-1; Code 1993, § 54-1; Ord. No. 2015-13 , § 2, 8-4-2015)