(A) No person shall solicit a person in any of the following places:
(1) Within the right-of-way. Right-of-way, as used in this section, shall mean either of the following, as the context requires:
(a) The right of a vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or pedestrian to proceed uninterrupted in a lawful manner in the direction in which it or the individual is moving in preference to another vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or pedestrian approaching from a different direction into its or the individual's path; or
(b) A general term denoting land, property, or the interest therein, usually in the configuration of a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes. When used in this context, right-of-way includes the roadway, shoulders or berm, ditch, and slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of the state or local authority. See also R.C. § 4511.01(UU).
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the solicitation of employment, business, contributions, or sales of any kind, or collect monies for the same, from the occupant of any vehicle traveling upon any street or highway when such solicitation or collection:
(a) Causes the person engaging in the solicitation to enter onto the traveled portion of a street or highway;
(b) Involves the person engaging in the solicitation to be located upon any median area which separates traffic lanes for vehicular travel in opposite directions; (See definition of right-of-way above.)
(c) Causes the traffic on the traveled portion of a street or highway to be delayed or impeded; or
(d) The person engaging in the solicitation is located such that vehicles cannot move into a legal parking area to safely conduct the transaction.
(Ord. 24-12, passed 10-1-2012)