[Adopted 1-19-1993 (Art. IV, Ch. I, Section Q, of the 1993
Code; amended in its entirety 1-3-2017 by Ord. No. 7345]
A.
ITINERANT VENDOR
PERSON
TRANSIENT MERCHANT
Definition. As used in this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person who transports tangible personal property for
retail sale within the City of Crystal Lake who does not maintain
in the City of Crystal Lake an established office, distribution house,
sales house, warehouse, service center or residence from which such
business is conducted. However, this does not apply to any person
who delivers tangible personal property within the City of Crystal
Lake who is fulfilling an order for such property which was solicited
or placed by mail or other means. This article does not apply to any
person holding a valid license issued by McHenry County or the City
of Crystal Lake to engage in retail sales.
Any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, firm, association
or other entity.
Any person who is engaged temporarily in the retail sale
of goods, wares, or merchandise in the City of Crystal Lake, and who,
for the purpose of conducting such business, occupies any building,
room, vehicle, structure of any kind or vacant lot. However, this
article does not apply to any person selling goods, wares or merchandise
which are raised, produced or manufactured by him/her, to any person
selling vegetables, fruit or perishable farm products at an established
City market, to any person operating a store or refreshment stand
adjacent to property owned by him/her or upon which he/she resides.
This article does not apply to any person operating a City-permitted
food truck or to any person holding a valid license issued by McHenry
County or the City of Crystal Lake to engage in retail sales.
[Amended 9-6-2016 by Ord.
No. 7289]
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, itinerant vendors
and transient merchants, as defined herein, are prohibited from operating
within the corporate limits of the City of Crystal Lake.
