(A) No person shall be permitted to solicit in the public street who is under 18 years of age. It shall be grounds for revocation of a permit for a person to permit a minor less than 18 years of age to solicit upon the public street or accompany an adult soliciting in the public street.
(B) Solicitors shall not intentionally touch any part of a motor vehicle while soliciting in the public street.
(C) All solicitors shall wear a bright orange vest, or other color as approved by the Police Chief or the Chief’s designee.
(D) It shall be grounds for revocation of a permit for any person to solicit at an intersection that is not controlled by four-way stop signs or an intersection controlled by an automatic traffic control device.
(E) Orange traffic cones shall be used to separate traffic into collections lanes and forewarn motorists of the approaching solicitation activity. The cones shall extend at least 200 feet in the direction of oncoming traffic.
(F) A sign, not less than two feet square, identifying the soliciting organization, shall be displayed to oncoming traffic at each intersection where solicitation in the public street occurs.
(G) Solicitors shall not persist after solicitation has been denied, nor shall they harass persons, be demanding, threatening, or use intimidating tactics to obtain a contribution.
(H) Solicitors shall not obstruct, delay, or interfere with the free movement of either pedestrians or vehicular traffic, or hamper or impede the conduct of any authorized business to a degree greater than that minimally necessary to carry out the solicitation activity.
(I) Solicitors shall not use any sound or voice, or horn, or other noise making device to draw attention to their solicitation activity, nor engage in dancing, singing or chanting during the solicitation activity. The purpose of this division is to prevent unnecessary distractions to vehicle operators.
(J) Solicitors shall not misrepresent their identity, or the identity of the charitable organization they represent.
(K) Solicitors shall offer contributors a receipt, or other evidence of a contribution having been made, suitable for display in the contributor's windshield. The purpose of this division is to reduce the frequency of multiple solicitation of the same contributor.
(L) Solicitors shall comply with the directions of law enforcement officers should conditions at the solicitation site create an endangerment to public safety.
(Ord. 6310, passed 6-14-04) Penalty, see § 116.99