No person is to knowingly make any false or misleading representation in the course of soliciting a donation. False or misleading representations include, but are not limited to the following:
(a) Stating that the donation is needed to meet a specific need, when the solicitor already has sufficient funds to meet the need and does not disclose that fact;
(b) Stating that the donation is needed to meet a need which does not exist;
(c) Stating that the solicitor is from out of town and stranded, when that is not true;
(d) Stating that the solicitor is homeless or without funds, when he or she is not; or
(e) Stating that the solicitor is soliciting on behalf of an organization which does not exist or which has not authorized the solicitor to seek donations on its behalf.
(Ord. 1639. Passed 6-8-10.)