§ 121.18 FALSE OR MISLEADING REPRESENTATIONS.
   It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a false or misleading representation in the course of soliciting a donation. False or misleading representations include, but are not limited to the following:
   (A)   Stating that the donation is needed to meet a specific need, when the person soliciting already has sufficient funds to meet that need and does not disclose that fact;
   (B)   Stating that the donation is needed to meet a need that does not exist;
   (C)   Stating that the person soliciting is from out of town and stranded, or that he or she is homeless when that representation is not true;
   (D)   Stating or representing that the person soliciting is a member of a military service when the person soliciting is neither a present nor a former member of a military service;
   (E)   Stating or representing that the person soliciting suffers from a mental or physical disability or deformity when the person soliciting does not suffer the disability or deformity indicated.
(Ord. 113-2015, passed 12-10-15) Penalty, see § 121.99