Fontana Municipal Code Art. XVI Itinerant Vendors and Transient Merchants

For the purposes of this article, the term "transient merchant," "itinerant merchant" or "itinerant vendor" is defined as any person, whether as owner, agent, consignee or employee, whether a resident of the city or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling and delivering goods, wares and merchandise within the city, and who, in furtherance of such purpose, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, motor vehicle, tent, railroad boxcar, or boat, public room in hotels, lodginghouses, apartments, shops, or any street, alley, or other place within the city, for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise, provided that such definition shall not be construed to include any person who, while occupying such temporary location, does not sell from stock, but exhibits samples only for the purpose of securing orders for future delivery only. The person so engaged shall not be relieved from complying with the provisions of this article merely by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer, or by conducting such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader, or merchant. Such definition shall not include "transient merchants," "itinerant merchants" or "itinerant vendors" engaging in a temporary business of selling and delivering goods, wares and merchandise exclusively from a public sidewalk or public pedestrian path in compliance with article XVII of this chapter.

(Code 1968, § 20-26; Ord. No. 1037, § 4(20-26), 11-19-91; Ord. No. 1789, § 4, 2-12-19)

Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.

It shall be unlawful for a transient merchant, itinerant merchant, or itinerant vendor to engage in such business within the city.

(Code 1968, § 20-27; Ord. No. 1037, § 4(20-27), 11-19-91)