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<br />Article VIII. - Peddlers, Solicitors, And Transient Merchants, and Mobile Food Units
<br />Division 1. - Generally
<br />Sec. 38-381. - Definitions.
<br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings
<br />ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
<br />Mobile Food Unit means a self-contained food service operation, located in a readily movable
<br />motorized wheeled or towed vehicle that is readily movable without disassembling and that is used
<br />to store, prepare, display, or serve food intended for individual portion service; or (2) a mobile food
<br />unit as defined in Minnesota Statutes Section 157.15, subdivision 9.
<br />Mobile Food Cart means an outdoor food and beverage service establishment that is a non-
<br />motorized vehicle self-propelled by the operator. A mobile food cart is required to obtain a transient
<br />merchant license.
<br />Non-profit means an organization that currently has tax-exempt status from either the state or
<br />federal government and provides written evidence of that status.
<br />Occupant means a person owning, living, staying, or working at a residence, including a guest.
<br />Peddler means any person with no fixed place of business dealing in the city who travels around
<br />from place to place, or street to street, carrying or transporting goods, or soliciting for all manner of
<br />wares, services and merchandise, offering such wares, service or merchandise for sale or making
<br />sales and delivering articles to purchasers.
<br />Solicitor means any person who goes from place to place and/or house to house soliciting or
<br />taking or attempting to take orders for the purchase of any food, wares or merchandise, including
<br />magazines, books, periodicals or personal property of any nature whatsoever for delivery in the
<br />future, or orders for the performance of a service in or about the home or place of business, such as
<br />furnace cleaning, roof repair or blacktopping.
<br />Transient merchant means any person, whether as principal, employee or agent, who engages in,
<br />does, or transacts any temporary or transient business in the city, either in one locality or traveling
<br />from place to place in the city, selling goods, wares, and merchandise, and who, for the purposes of
<br />carrying on such business, hires, leases, occupies or uses a building, structure, vehicle, property, or
<br />other place for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise.
<br />Sec. 38-382. - Purpose of article.
<br />The purpose of this article is to protect citizens by imposing reasonable regulations on peddlers,
<br />solicitors, and transient merchants, and mobile food units who by the very nature of their operation
<br />may intrude upon the rights and privacy of other citizens and have a deleterious effect upon the
<br />public health, safety, and welfare. so as to prevent individuals who may be engaged in unlawful
<br />activities from posing as legitimate peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants. The intent of this
<br />Chapter is to establish a uniform set of rules and regulations that are fair and equitable, and to
<br />develop a system for accommodating those businesses that will enhance the overall appearance and
<br />environment along public streets, pedestrian walkways, and other public properties.
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<br />Sec. 38-383. - Exemptions.
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