means and includes any person who goes upon the premises
of any private residence or commercial establishment in the City,
not having been requested or invited by the occupant thereof, taking
or attempting to take subscriptions, contracts of sale, or orders
for the sale of food, goods, wares, merchandise or other personal
property of any nature whatever for future delivery, or for services
to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such person
has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale
or whether he or she collects advance payments on such sales or not.
Solicitor includes persons soliciting funds or otherwise peddling
or soliciting for nonprofit religious, patriotic, philanthropic, social
service, welfare, benevolent, educational, civic, political, environmental,
or fraternal purposes at any location in the City limits whether on
public or private property. Solicitor does not include individuals
soliciting signatures for recalls, initiatives, or other petitions,
as well as individuals distributing non-profit religious, patriotic,
philanthropic, social service, welfare, benevolent, educational, civic,
political, environmental, or fraternal literature or "writings," as
defined in California
Evidence Code Section 250.