(a) General. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the city code, a person 18 years of age or older may solicit contributions while standing on a traffic median, shoulder, improved shoulder, sidewalk, or the improved portion of the roadway from occupants of any vehicle on a roadway, street or thoroughfare under the following terms and conditions:
(1) All solicitors must be 18 years of age or older;
(2) No solicitor may impede traffic at any time;
(3) All solicitors must enter or remain in a roadway, street or thoroughfare only while the controlling traffic signal prohibits vehicular movement;
(4) All solicitors must remain within 100 feet of or from the intersection approved under the permit;
(5) No person may solicit without the required insurance coverage as outlined in subsection (d) of this section;
(6) All solicitors must wear a city approved florescent orange or yellow vest at all times while soliciting;
(7) No person may solicit until:
a. A sign approved by the city is posted, no less than 500 feet from the intersection, in the right parkway for each approaching lane of traffic up to two lanes wide; or
b. Two signs approved by the city are posted, no less than 500 feet from the intersection, in both the left and right side parkway of approaching lanes of traffic of three or more lanes.
(8) No person may solicit until a permit is issued from the transportation and public works department per the terms of this section.
(b) Signs and vests. Prior to the issuance of a permit, applicant must obtain approval from the city transportation and public works department of all signs and vests to be used by the solicitors. All signs must be removed from each intersection at the end of each day of the permit period.
(c) Permits.
(1) Each person or organization, whose application meets the requirements of this section, may be issued one permit per calendar year, for no more than two specified days. Each permit shall allow solicitation only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and one hour before sunset, as determined by the official newspaper or a paper of general circulation in the city.
(2) Only one permit will be issued for an intersection on any given day. Permits will be issued on a first come basis to those applicants who submit a completed application form, required certificate of insurance and approval by the city of the signs and vests to be used by the solicitors.
(3) The application for a solicitation permit shall state the name, mailing address and telephone number of the person or organization registering to solicit and the location(s) and times the solicitation will take place.
(4) Permit applications must be accompanied by a certificate of insurance as outlined in subsection (d) of this section.
(5) The city transportation and public works department shall review the application and issue a permit to a person or organization whose application meets the requirements of this section.
(d) Insurance. The certificate of insurance must be signed by an agent authorized to bind coverage and indicate that the applicant has obtained, at his or her sole expense, the following insurance coverage:
(1) That is written by an insurance company with an A- or better rating by AM Best and that is admitted or approved to do business in the State of Texas;
(2) That is in full force and effect for the duration of the permit period;
(3) That provides $1,000,000 of liability coverage per occurrence with no deductible;
(4) That insures the applicant and all persons who will be soliciting;
(5) That names the City of Fort Worth, its officers, agents, employees and elected representatives as an additional insured;
(6) That provides that any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the city shall apply in excess of and not contribute with it;
(7) That is written on an occurrence basis; and
(8) That is otherwise acceptable to and approved by the City of Fort Worth.
(e) Prohibited intersections. No person shall engage in the acts set forth in this section at any time within 1,000 feet (measured to and from the nearest corner of the intersecting street, highway, roadway, measured along the curb, shoulder, improved shoulder) of the following intersections:
7th Street and Henderson Street |
Altamesa Boulevard and McCart Avenue |
Altamesa Boulevard and Westcreek Drive |
Belknap and N. Henderson |
Berry Street and Bishop Street |
Calmont Avenue and Alta Mere Drive |
Camp Bowie Boulevard and Horne Street |
Clinton Avenue and N.W. 25th Street |
Commerce Street and East Weatherford Street |
East Lancaster and Main Street |
Granbury Road and South Hulen Street |
Hemphill Street and West Rosedale Street |
Highway 170 and Independence Parkway |
Highway 360 and Trinity Boulevard |
Highway 80 and Alta Mere Drive |
Houston Street and West 4th Street |
Hulen Street and Oakmont Street |
Interstate Highway 30 and Ashland Avenue |
Interstate Highway 30 and Beach Street |
Interstate Highway 30 and Eastchase Parkway |
Interstate Highway 30 and Hulen Street |
Interstate Highway 35 West and Altamesa Boulevard |
Interstate Highway 35 West and East Everman Parkway |
Interstate Highway 35 West and East Hattie Street |
Interstate Highway 35 West and East Rosedale Street |
Interstate Highway 35 West and East Seminary Drive |
Interstate Highway 35 West and East Allen Avenue |
Interstate Highway 35 West and Golden Triangle Boulevard |
Interstate Highway 35 West and N.E. 28th Street |
Interstate Highway 35 West and Sycamore School Road |
Interstate Highway 35 West and Western Center Boulevard |
Interstate Highway 35 West SR and East Berry Street |
Lancaster Avenue and Jennings Avenue |
Lancaster Avenue and Riverside Drive |
Montgomery Street and Lovell Avenue |
N.E. 28th Street and Commerce Street |
N.E. 28th Street and Decatur Avenue |
N.E. 28th Street and North Main Street |
N.E. Loop 820 and Mark IV Parkway |
N.E. Loop 820 and North Beach Street |
N.W. 28th Street and Clinton Avenue |
North Main Street and Long Street |
Riverside Drive and East Berry Street |
Rosedale Street and Forest Park Boulevard |
Rosedale Street and South Beach Street |
S.W. Loop 820 and Bryant Irvin Road |
S.W. Loop 820 and Crowley Road |
S.W. Loop 820 and Granbury Road |
S.W. Loop 820 and McCart Avenue |
S.W. Loop 820 and South Hulen Street |
Seminary Drive and Hemphill Street |
Seminary Drive and McCart Avenue |
Southwest Boulevard SR and Bryant Irvin Road |
Throckmorton Street and West 7th Street |
University Drive and West Rosedale Street |
West Rosedale Street and 8th Avenue |
Western Center Boulevard and North Beach Street |
Western Center Boulevard and North Riverside Drive |
(Ord. 14875, § 1, passed 12-4-2001)