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The following words and terms, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, shall mean as follows:

A. "Peddler" means:

1. Any person who goes from house to house, or place to place, within Pierce County, selling and providing immediate delivery or performance, or offering for sale and immediate delivery or performance, any goods, wares, merchandise, services, or anything of value, to persons not commercial users or sellers of such commodities or services; or

2. Any person who, while selling and providing immediate delivery or performance, or offering for sale and immediate delivery and performance, any goods, wares, merchandise, services or anything of value, stands or sits in a doorway, any unenclosed vacant lot, parcel of land or in any other public place not used by such person as a permanent place of business.

B. "Solicitor" means:

1. Any person who goes from house to house or place to place within Pierce County, taking or offering to take orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, services, or anything of value for future delivery or performance from persons not commercial users or sellers of such commodities or services; or

2. Any person who, while taking or offering to take orders for the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, services, or anything of value for future delivery or performance, stands or sits in a doorway, any unenclosed vacant lot, parcel of land, or in any other public place not used by such person as a permanent place of business.

C. The terms "peddler" and "solicitor" shall include any person, firm, or corporation which employs, hires, or engages others to act as peddlers or solicitors whether as employees, agents or independent contractors, but shall not include any person making solicitations for charitable or religious purposes.

D. The term "home sales party" means gatherings in private residences where goods, wares, merchandise, services, or anything of value, is sold or offered for sale, and where all persons attending as invited guests have been told, at least 24 hours prior to the gathering, that the purpose of such gathering is the solicitation of orders for, or sale of, such goods, wares, merchandise, services or other thing of value.

(Res. 18429 § 2 (part), 1975; Prior Code § 50.03.030)