CITY LICENSE TAX COLLECTOR. The Finance Director, his or her successor, or other City designee, charged with the administration of this chapter.

CURRENCY. Coined money and banknotes or other money as are authorized by law and that circulate from hand to hand as the medium of exchange.

DEALER. An individual in the act of buying and selling currency or cashing checks or other negotiable instruments for a profit as an ongoing business activity.

EXCHANGE. A verbal or written agreement between two or more persons to deliver one currency in exchange for another or exchange a check or other negotiable instrument for cash, money order, cashier’s check or other form of negotiable instrument.

GARAGE SALES. The sale on residential property of goods typically associated with residential use, conducted by a resident of the property.

ITINERANT BUSINESS. Any person, whether owner or otherwise, whether a resident of the City or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling and delivering goods or providing services within the City, and who, lacking a fixed location within the City and in furtherance of the purpose, uses any street or other place within the City for the temporary exhibition and sale of the goods or provision of services, either privately or at public auction. The person so engaged shall not be relieved from complying with the provisions of this chapter merely by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer or by conducting transient business in connection with, as a part of or in the name of any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer.

MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT. Has the same meaning as defined by A.R.S. § 36-2850(18), an entity licensed by the department to operate all of the following:

MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. A nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary duly registered and certified pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-2804.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY OFF-SITE CULTIVATION LOCATION. The one additional location, if any, duly identified pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-2806(E) during the process of registering a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary, where marijuana will be cultivated for sale at a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary duly registered and certified pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-2804.

MERCHANTS. Shall include, but not be limited to:

MONEY EXCHANGE BUSINESS. A commercial business exchanging currency of one country for that of another or cashing or exchanging a check or other negotiable instrument for cash, money order, cashier’s check or other form of negotiable instrument as an ongoing business activity.

NONRESIDENT BUSINESS. Any person whether owner or otherwise who, from a fixed place of business outside the City, consummates a business transaction initiated at that outside fixed location by delivery of goods or provision of services to a customer’s location within the City.

PERMISSIBLE CONSUMER FIREWORKS BUSINESS. A business that sells any permissible consumer fireworks as defined by A.R.S. § 36-1601, whether as a principal or ancillary use, including, but not limited to, as its own business or in conjunction with any other business or professional activity.

PROFESSIONALS and PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. Shall include, but not be limited to, any person engaged in the practice of any of the following, or similar occupations. The omission herein of a specific professional is not to be construed as evidencing an intent to specifically exclude the profession, business or service from the provisions of this chapter.

RESIDENT BUSINESS or RESIDENT MERCHANT. Any person, whether owner or otherwise, who engages in a regular business of selling and delivering goods or providing services from a fixed place of business within the City.

RETAIL MERCHANT or WHOLESALE MERCHANT. All persons who, at a fixed place of business, sell goods, wares or merchandise at retail or wholesale or on commission, consignment or otherwise.

SECONDARY LOCATION LICENSE. A temporary license of a sales location for a resident business. (Ord. 229 § 1, passed 5-11-2005; Ord. 290 § 1, passed 1-12-2011; Ord. 413 § 3, passed 2-24-2021. Code 1982 § 7-3-11. Code 2012 § 110.11.)