There is hereby expressly permitted solicitation of contributions from the occupant of any vehicle or pedestrian on the public rights-of-way within the Village of Crestwood, except as may otherwise be provided in this section, upon the following terms and conditions:
(A) The soliciting agency shall be registered with the Attorney General as a charitable organization, as provided by “an act to regulate solicitation and collection of funds for charitable purposes, providing for violations thereof, and making an appropriation therefor.”
(B) Engaged in a fund-raising activity for which a permit has been obtained from the Village of Crestwood. Said permit shall be issued by the Village Clerk’s office and limited to 15 fundraising activities each calendar year, of one or two consecutive days each, limited from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during that time designated as Central Standard Time or 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. during that time designated as Daylight Saving Time. A permit for a two-day fundraising activity shall be issued only if the second day of that fund raising activity is a Saturday. Said permit shall be issued by the Clerk on a first come first served basis. Each agency shall be limited to one permit annually.
(C) Shall furnish to the Village of Crestwood a certificate of insurance indemnifying the village from any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which is causally related to an act or ordinary negligence of the soliciting agency.
(D) Any person engaged in the age of solicitation shall be 16 years of age or more and shall be wearing a high visibility vest at all times during the solicitation.
(E) Solicitation shall be permitted only at intersections where all traffic is required to come to a full stop.
(F) Permits shall be granted to local eleemosynary or religious organizations or to local chapters of national eleemosynary or religious organizations which have been in existence for not less than one year.
(G) Any violation of this section shall be grounds to deny a permit in the following year.
(Ord. 2658, passed 10-20-2022)