Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
CHARITABLE. Shall mean and include the words “patriotic,” “philanthropic,” “social service,” “welfare,” “benevolent,” “educational,” “civic,” or “fraternal,” either actual or purported, but shall not include solicitations made solely for evangelical or missionary purposes and shall not include political or religious informational canvassing.
COMMITTEE. The Development Review Committee.
CONTRIBUTIONS. Shall mean and include the words “alms,” “food,” “clothing,” “money,” “subscription,” “property” or “donations” under the guise of a loan of money or property.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, church, religious sect, religious denomination, society, organization or league, and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee, agent or other similar representative thereof.
PROMOTER. Any person who, for pecuniary compensation or consideration received, or to be received, solicits or is engaged in the business of or holds himself or herself out to the public as engaged in the business of soliciting contributions for or on behalf of any other person or any charitable association, corporation or institution, or conducts, manages or carries on or agrees to conduct, manage or carry on or is engaged in the business of or holds himself or herself out as engaged in the business of conducting, managing or carrying on a drive or campaign or any such purpose; provided, however, that pecuniary compensation or consideration as used in this section shall include but shall not be limited to, participation on a percentage basis in any fund solicited, or raised, for or on behalf of any other person, firm, association or corporation.
RELIGIOUS and RELIGION. As used in this chapter shall not mean and include the word “charitable” as defined in this section but shall be given their commonly accepted definitions.
SOLICIT and SOLICITATION. The request directly or indirectly of money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value on the request or representation that such money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value will be used for a charitable purpose as that purpose is defined in this chapter. These words shall also mean and include the following methods of securing money, credit, property, financial assistance or other thing of value on the request or representation that it will be used for a charitable purpose as defined in this section:
(1) Any oral or written request;
(2) The distribution, circulation, mailing, posting or publishing of any handbill, written advertisements or publication;
(3) The making of any announcement to the press or media or direct appeal by telephone or telegraph or the announcement of any assemblage, athletic or sports event, bazaar, benefit, campaign, contest, dance, drive, entertainment, exhibition, exposition, party, performance, picnic, sale or social gathering, at which the public is requested or will be requested to make a contribution for any charitable purpose connected therewith;
(4) The sale of, offer or attempt to sell, any advertising, advertisements, space, book, card, chance, coupon, device, magazine, membership, merchandise, subscription, ticket or other thing in connection with any appeal made for any charitable purpose, or where the name of any charitable organization is used or referred to in any such appeal as an inducement or reason for making any such sale, or when or where in connection with any such sale, any statement is made that the whole or any part of the proceeds from any such sale will go or be donated to any charitable purpose. A
SOLICITATION as defined in this section shall be deemed complete when made, whether or not the person making the same receives any contribution or makes any sale referred to in this section.
(`83 Code, § 5.40.010) (Ord. 82-46 § 1, 1982)