§ 5.15.010. Definitions.  


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  • The following definitions apply to this chapter:

    A.

    "Itinerant" means nonresident, and applies to any person engaging in the business of being a vendor or solicitor as herein defined, who does not reside in the City of El Paso.

    B.

    "Merchandise" is to be construed broadly and includes but is not limited to any and all articles or objects of trade or commerce, goods, commodities, products, wares, money or any personal property to be sold, exhibited or offered for sale.

    C.

    "Reside" means having dwelled continually within the City of El Paso for at least the thirty consecutive days immediately preceding the date of application for a license, or having owned, rented or leased a dwelling within the city during that period of time.

    D.

    "Solicitor" means any person who shall solicit or accept orders for or subscriptions to any book, magazine or periodical, or for any merchandise when delivery is to be made in the future.

    E.

    "Temporary" means any act of vending or soliciting transacted or conducted in the city upon premises for which definite arrangements have not been made in writing for the hire, rental or lease of such premises for at least three months for the purpose of transacting or conducting such business of vending or soliciting.

    F.

    "Vendor" means any person who engages in a temporary business in the city of selling, exhibiting or offering for sale any merchandise, including:

    1.

    Any person who engages in such business upon or from a truck or other vehicle within the limits of the city; or

    2.

    Any person who hires, rents, leases or occupies any room or space in any building, structure, enclosure, vacant lot or any other property whatsoever in the city, in, through or from which any merchandise may be sold, offered or exhibited for sale; or

    3.

    Any person who carries any merchandise with him, whether such merchandise is carried on foot or motor vehicle, or other conveyance whatsoever, from place to place, or from house to house, within the city, exhibiting or offering his own or his principal's merchandise for sale, and who then and there sells and delivers it to other persons or dealers;

    4.

    Any person who engages in the business of buying, selling or exchanging money for profit.

(Ord. No. 17691, § 1, 12-6-2011, eff. 2-29-2012)