(A) No person shall solicit any contribution for any purpose by means of any box or receptacle, upon any public street, sidewalk or way, or in any public park or in any publicly-owned or controlled place, except by the express written permission of the License Officer of the city.
(B) No person shall solicit any charitable contribution, or any contribution for any real or purported charitable purpose, by means of any box or receptacle in any place immediately abutting upon any public sidewalk or way, or in any place of business open to the public, or in any room, hallway, corridor, lobby or entranceway, or other place open to or accessible to the public, or in any place of public resort, without first obtaining a certificate of registration to conduct such solicitation as provided in this chapter, and every person so soliciting must, in all other respects, comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(`83 Code, § 5.40.160) (Ord. 82-46 § 12, 1982)