(A) Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the act of highway solicitation in the city without a permit. Permits for highway solicitors shall be issued only if the following criteria are met:
(1) The solicitation can take place without endangering the safety of the solicitor or any motorist, as determined by the chief of police, provided that the solicitation shall not be permitted if it unreasonably disrupts the orderly flow of vehicular traffic, or interferes with the operation of official traffic control devices;
(2) The solicitation is proposed for a location at which all traffic is required to come to a full stop;
(3) The soliciting agency is:
(a) Registered with the Attorney General as a charitable organization, as provided in "An Act to regulate solicitation and collection of funds for charitable purposes, providing for violations thereof, and making an appropriation therefor", approved July 26, 1963, as amended (ILCS Ch. 225, Act 460, §§ 1 et seq.);
(b) Engaged in a statewide fund raising activity;
(c) Liable for any injuries to any person or property during the solicitation which is causally related to an act of ordinary negligence of any highway solicitor for the organization; and
(4) Each solicitor is 16 years of age or more and wears a high visibility vest.
(B) Application. Application for a highway solicitation permit shall be made at the office of the police department. Such application shall be made in writing on a form provided by the city, and shall contain the following information, along with any other information required by the chief of police in his reasonable discretion:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the organization;
(2) Then name, address and telephone number of a local representative of the organization, or of the person making the application;
(3) Proof that the organization is registered as a charitable organization with the Attorney General;
(4) A statement of the nature and scope of the statewide fundraising activity in which the local solicitation proposes to participate;
(5) A certificate of insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in Illinois, showing that the organization is insured against any claims for property damage or personal injury, including death, which is causally related to any act of ordinary negligence by a highway solicitor acting on behalf of the organization. Such certificate shall name the city as an additional insured, and shall provide that the policy may not be cancelled prior to its expiration date without 30 days prior written notice to the city.
(6) The proposed location or locations at which approval to engage in solicitation is being sought;
(7) The days and times of days at which such solicitation is proposed to take place; and
(8) The number of persons proposed to solicit at each location.
(C) Approval. The Chief of Police or a designee shall issue a permit for highway solicitation if the applicant has complied with all of the provisions of state law and this subchapter regarding such solicitation, and if the Chief of Police finds that the locations, times and duration of the proposed highway solicitation and the number of proposed highway solicitors will not result in any unreasonable disruption of the orderly flow of vehicular traffic, or any interference with the operation of official traffic control devices.
(D) Fee. The fee for a permit to engage in highway solicitation shall be $25 per day.
(Ord. 02-36, passed 10-22-02) Penalty, see § 112.21