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AN ORDINANCE TO ~END SECTION 20-52 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, PERTAINING TO RETAIL SALES, AND TO ADD TO CHAPTER 20 SECTIONS 20-52.1, 20-52.2 AND 20-52.3 PERTAINING TO PEDDLERS AND ITINERANT MERCHANTS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 20-52 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended and reordained as Sections 20-52, 20-52.1, 20-52.2 and 20-52.3 as follows: Section 20-52. Retail Sales. Any person engaged in retail sales shall pay a business license tax of fifty dollars ~$50.00) on the first $5,000.00 of gross receipts and ~wenty-eight cents ($0.28) per $100.00 on each additional $100.00 of gross receipts. Retail sales shall be defined to include, but not be limited to, the sale of goods, wares and merchandise for any purpose other than resale, but not including sales and wholesale to institutional, commercial and industrial users. Furthermore, retail sales shall not include sales by peddlers, door-to-door salesmen, or sales by itinerant merchants. Section 20-52.1. Peddlers and Door-To-Door Salesmen. (a) Every person peddling goods, wares, merchandise or products of any description or who sells any items door-to- door, shall pay a business license tax of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per year. (b) A peddler is defined as any person who carries from place to place any goods, wares, food or merchandise purchased for resale and offers to sell, or actually sells and delivers, the same at retail. The definition of "peddler" as prow[ded in Section 58-340 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, is further adopted herein and incorporated by reference. (c) No peddler shall be per--mitred, while doing business as a peddler to keep his vehicle in one location on the streets for a longer period of time than ten (10) minutes, and shall not make sales in front of or near a place of business where business similar to that conducted by the peddler is transacted. Any person violatLng the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 4 Misdemeanor for each such offense.