A person may not knowingly solicit a donation stating that the money is needed for a specific purpose and then spend the money received for a different purpose, or make any false or misleading representation in the course of soliciting including, but are not limited to, stating that:
A. The donation is needed to meet a specific need, when the solicitor already has sufficient funds to meet that need and does not disclose that fact;
B. The donation is needed to meet a need which does not exist;
C. The solicitor is from out of town and stranded, when that is not true;
D. The solicitor is homeless, when that is not true;
E. The solicitor is soliciting on behalf of an organization which does not exist or which has not authorized the solicitor to seek donations on its behalf; or
F. The solicitor is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces, when that is not true.
(Ord. 2265)