Sec. 250.101. - Definitions.

As used in this Chapter: (a) Auctioneer means a person who manages or engages in the business of selling or offering for sale at public auction or public outcry tangible personal property for his own gain or for a fee for services rendered. (b) Authority means the Downtown Investment Authority. (c) Department means the Neighborhoods Department. (d) Director means Director of the Neighborhoods Department. (e) Distribute means to give, offer, provide or offer to give, offer or provide, at a significantly reduced or no cost, any food, beverages, merchandise or services on private property or public sidewalks or property. (f) Distributor means any person who distributes or offers to distribute to the public, at a significantly reduced cost or at no cost, any food, beverages, merchandise or services on private property or public sidewalks or property; provided however, that this definition excepts and excludes (1) any person on real property owned by a religious organization and motivated by bona fide religious beliefs as protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Florida Constitution, and any Religious Freedom Restoration Act of the State or federal government and who is otherwise compliant with the Duval County Health Department requirements or, (2) any person on real property owned by such person who is otherwise compliant with the Duval County Health Department requirements. (g) For the purposes of this Part, Duval County Health Department requirements include, but are not limited to, the requirement that a person shall not distribute food or beverage to any person unless a trash receptacle is located within 50 feet of the location of such distribution of any food or beverage, and shall not distribute any food or beverage to any person unless a restroom facility is available for the use by such person and unless the restroom facility is located within 100 feet of the location where the distribution of such food or beverage shall occur. The foregoing requirement regarding proximity to restroom facilities shall not apply to the feeding of the homeless pursuant to Section 250.123 , Ordinance Code. (h) Downtown sidewalk vendor means any person who distributes or offers to distribute, or sells or offers to sell food, beverages, merchandise or services on the public sidewalks in the downtown area, in accordance with Part 5. (i) Mobile Food Dispensing Vendor means a person who is operating a licensed, motorized vehicle, truck or trailer, which is temporarily parked on premises, to vend, sell, offer for sale, solicit orders, display or otherwise serve food for human consumption to the public as authorized or regulated in this Part. (j) Peddler means a person who sells or offers for sale merchandise or services or both by carrying any such merchandise if selling or offering to sell same, without operation from a fixed business location for the exhibition and sale of such merchandise or services or both. (k) Sidewalk vendor means any person who distributes or offers to distribute, or sells or offers to sell food, beverages, merchandise or services on or near public sidewalks. (l) Solicitor means a person engaged in soliciting as that term is defined in Section 250.701 (a). (m) Street vendor means a person engaged in the activities defined in Part 6. (n) Transient merchant means a person who sells or offers for sale merchandise at any place in the City temporarily and who does not intend to become and does not become a permanent merchant at such place and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hires, leases or occupies, either in whole or in part, a business location for the exhibition and sale of merchandise. The activities of a transient merchant take place on private property. (Ord. 93-1761-1390, § 1; Ord. 2004-421-E, § 1; Ord. 2004-536-E, § 1; Ord. 2004-1149-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-611-E, § 1; Ord. 2008-682-E, § 1; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2013-209-E, § 40; Ord. 2014-472-E, § 1; Ord. 2016-140-E , § 16)