The following words and terms as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:
A. "Goods" or "merchandise" means and includes items and products of every kind and description, including all foods, produce and beverage items.
B. "Human powered device" means any device moved by human power including but not necessarily limited to any pushcart, wagon, bicycle, tricycle, shopping cart, or other wheeled container or conveyance.
C. "Operator" means any person or entity owning, operating, or otherwise controlling any business involving the vending of goods or merchandise from a vehicle.
D. "Person" means any natural person, any firm, any partnership, any association, corporation, or other entity of any kind or nature.
E. "Public property" means any real property, or interest therein, owned, leased, operated, or otherwise controlled by the city, either wholly or jointly with another public agency, other than a street, alley, parkway or sidewalk.
F. "Residential zone" or "zoned for residential purposes" means any property which, by ordinance of the city, is then currently classified into any one of the residential zones specified in this code in which residential dwellings are an expressly permitted use.
G. "Used for residential purposes" means any lot or parcel of property any portion of which is being lawfully used as a residential dwelling.
H. "Vehicle" means as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, and shall not include any human powered device.
I. "Vend" or "vending" means the sale or offering for sale of any goods or merchandise to the public from a vehicle.
J. "Vendor" means any person who engages in the act of vending from a vehicle or who drives or otherwise operates any such vehicle for the purpose of vending therefrom. (Ord. 797-95 § 1 (part))