(A) No person shall stand on a highway or street for the purpose of soliciting contributions from the occupant of any vehicle except when the person is doing so pursuant to a permit issued to a soliciting agency that complies with the conditions set forth in division (B) below.
(B) The Village Clerk shall issue a permit to a soliciting agency that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Registered with the Attorney General as a charitable organization as provided by ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1006; and
(2) Engaged in a statewide fundraising activity; and
(3) Liable for any injuries to any person or property during the solicitation which is casually related to an act of ordinary negligence of the soliciting agent, and the soliciting agency shall file with the village with its application for a solicitation permit a certificate of insurance showing liability insurance in the minimum amount of $300,000 for personal injury per occurrence and $100,000 for property damage during the period of requested solicitation, and the village shall be named as an additional insured on the certificate.
(C) The soliciting agency shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) Any person engaged in solicitation on behalf of the soliciting agency shall be at least 16 years of age and shall wear a high visibility vest approved by the village.
(2) No more than one solicitation permit shall be issued by the village to a soliciting agency for each calendar year. The permit shall be good for no more than two days. The two days need not be consecutive days.
(3) Soliciting pursuant to a permit shall take place only at intersections in travel lanes where the traffic has come to a complete stop.
(4) Each solicitor shall wear some type of identification card which clearly displays the name of the soliciting agency.
(5) No more than one soliciting agency shall be authorized to solicit at a particular intersection.
(6) Solicitation shall take place during daylight hours only.
(7) The soliciting agency shall be required to file an application for a permit on a form approved by the village, apply for any other solicitation permits that may be required by any applicable law or ordinance, and pay a fee in the amount of $50, or the amount contained in the village’s general fee ordinance, which shall control in the event of a conflict with this section.
(Ord. 1017, passed 10-23-2013)