For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. The Board of Public Works and Safety of the city.
CHARITABLE. Includes the words patriotric, philanthropic, social service, welfare, benevolent, educational, civic, governmental, or fraternal, either actual or purported.
CONTRIBUTIONS. Includes the words alms, food, clothing, money, subscription, property, or donations under the guise of a loan of money or property.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, church, religious sect, religious denomination, society, organization, or league, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, agent, or other similar representative thereof.
PROMOTER. Any person who promotes, manages, supervises, organizes, or attempts to promote, manage, supervise, or organize a campaign of solicitation.
RELIGIOUS and RELIGION. As used herein, these terms shall not mean and include the word CHARITABLE as herein defined, but shall be given their commonly accepted definitions.
SOLICIT and SOLICITATION. The request directly or indirectly of money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value on the plea or representation that such money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value will be used for a charitable or a religious purpose as those purposes are defined in this subchapter.
(1) These words shall mean and include the following methods of securing money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value on the plea or representation that it will be used for a charitable or religious purpose as herein defined:
(a) Any oral or written request;
(b) The distribution, circulation, mailing, posting, publishing of any handbill, written advertisement or publication;
(c) The making of any announcement to the press, over the radio or television, by telephone or telegraph concerning an appeal, assemblage, athletic or sports event, bazaar, benefit, campaign, contest, dance, entertainment, exhibition, exposition, party, performance, picnic, sale or social gathering, which the public is requested to make a contribution for any charitable or religious purpose connected therewith;
(d) The sale of, offer or attempt to sell, any advertisement, advertising space, book, card, chance, coupon, device, magazine, membership, merchandise, subscription, ticket, or other thing in connection with which any appeal is made for any charitable or religious purpose, or where the name of any charitable or religious person is used or referred to in any such appeal as an inducement or reason for making any such sale, or when or where in connection with any such sale, any statement is made that the whole or any part of the proceeds from any such sale will go or be donated to any charitable or religious purpose.
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SOLICITATION as defined herein shall be deemed completed when made, whether or not the person making the same receives any contribution or makes any sale referred to by this section.
(Ord. 3-1985, passed 2-18-85)