A. “Goods, wares and merchandise” means stock in trade, and personal property of every name and nature, carried on hand for sale or offered for sale.

B. “Peddler” means and includes every person who travels from place to place, doorway of any room or building, unenclosed vacant lot or parcel of land, who sells, or offers for sale, any goods, wares or merchandise in his possession.

C. “Person,” unless otherwise indicated by the text, means any domestic or foreign corporation, firm, partnership, association, club, organization, cooperative, business trust, society and individual, whether acting as principal, agent, partner, corporation, officer, clerk, driver or other employee.

D. Words of the singular number shall include the plural number, and words used in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender.

E. “Business” includes all trades, professions, vocations, occupations, callings, operations, rendering of service, conduct of fairs, trade or commerce, of whatever kind or nature, engaged in for profit, directly or indirectly.

F. “Gross sales” refers to the gross total amount of receipts from the sales and/or services of any kind or nature received in the conduct or operation of such business or rendering of services. Sales tax and receipts from sales of alcoholic beverages shall be excluded from computation of gross sales.

G. “Fixed place of business” means the premises occupied in the city for the particular purpose of conducting a business and regularly kept open for that purpose with a competent person in attendance for the purpose of attending to the business.

H. “Newly established business” means a business in existence and operation for less than twelve months.

I. “Employee” means all persons engaged in the operation or conduct of any business, whether as owner, any member or owner, any member of owner's family, partner, agent, manager, solicitor, broker, salesperson and any and all other persons employed or working in the business.

J. “Vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public street or highway. (Ord. 89-12 (part), 1989; Ord. 54 § 2, 1937)