(A) Permits shall be issued only to charitable organizations with an association to the county.
(B) All persons, organizations, partnerships and the like desiring to solicit on roadways within the corporate limits of the city shall complete a permit application form in City Hall. The permit application shall provide the following information:
(1) Name and address of responsible person who will meet all requirements and be responsible for persons soliciting and money collected;
(2) Organization represented and acknowledgment by applicant that it is a bona fide charitable organization and that the funds collected will be used only for the purposes stated;
(3) The objective for the funds;
(4) Names of all participants;
(5) Identification that will be provided on site of solicitation;
(6) Assurance that all participants in the roadblock will be provided with orange or other approved traffic safety vests. At any time a participant in the roadblock solicitation fails to properly wear a safety vest, the City Police shall order the activity stopped immediately. All participants must sign a waiver that if injured on city property that the city will not in any way be responsible for their injuries, that all risk of injury is on the participant. An approved waiver is attached to the ordinance codified herein as Exhibit A;
(7) Location, dates and hours of the solicitation event;
(8) Application must be approved 14 days prior to the activity;
(9) The City Clerk-Treasurer shall maintain a calendar that schedules solicitation activities in the city. Said calendar shall be maintained to allow no more than one solicitation activity per organization per calendar month. Solicitation events may be scheduled for any month in a calendar year. Said calendar is to run January 1 to December 31 of each year. Dates for solicitation shall be granted on a first request basis; and
(10) It shall be the obligation of all organizations soliciting on a public roadway within the city limits to place a sign on site to identify the organization and to have available a receipt to all individuals making a contribution.
(Ord. 2012-3, passed 8-13-2012)