“Amusement device” means any game, device, or machine kept, operated, or played in any place of business or other place where the public is invited or permitted to attend and which may be played by the insertion of coins or tokens.

“Application” means a new application, a renewal of an application, or a transfer of license application.

“Auctioneer” means any person who sells or offers to sell merchandise by public outcry or to the highest bidder, either for himself or for another person.

“Business” means professions, trades, occupations, shops, and every kind of calling carried on for profit or livelihood.

“Child care provider” means a person who regularly provides child care to five or more children at a time as a business.

“Contractor” means businesses registered by the State Construction Contractors Board as a contractor – all structures or residential only.

“Exhibition” means the display of goods or materials for which an admission fee is charged.

“Flea market” means all general sales, open to the public, conducted in any commercial zone within the city, for the purpose of disposing of personal property. These general sales include, but are not limited to, sales entitled “flea markets,” “bazaars,” and “rummage sales.” “Flea market” also includes situations where booths, tables, or spaces are sold or rented for the purpose of conducting sales of personal property. For the purpose of the definition of “flea market,” “personal property” means property which is owned by the individual conducting the sale, is purchased for resale, or is obtained on consignment.

“Garage sale” means any public sale of new or used goods within the city limits by an individual or group of individuals from private property when the individual or group of individuals is not in the business of selling goods or is not licensed as a secondhand dealer, and when the property from which the sale is to be conducted is not within a zone permitting commercial business or otherwise permitted under the provisions of this chapter.

“Nonprofit” means any business or organization which holds a certificate of exemption from taxes from the Internal Revenue Service.

“Outdoor market” means any gathering of five or more vendors on private property for selling goods to the public for up to two consecutive days per week occurring within any six consecutive months of a calendar year.

“Person” means all domestic and foreign corporations, associations, syndicates, partnerships of every kind, joint ventures, sole proprietorships, societies, and individuals transacting and carrying on any business in the city.

“Real estate business” means any enterprise or undertaking of any nature that deals directly or indirectly with any interest in land, including, but not limited to, leaseholds of any nature involving property located within the jurisdiction of the city of North Bend.

“Seasonal business” means Christmas tree lots, firework stands, or any other special seasonal business operating not more than 30 consecutive days in the same location.

“Vending machine” means any machine from which food, drink, or cigarettes are received in return for the insertion of money. (Ord. 2074 § 1, 2024; Ord. 2022 § 1, 2018)