The purpose of this chapter is to address safety concerns caused by persons standing, sitting and soliciting on medians and near intersections and commercial driveways in close proximity to moving vehicles. It is the desire of this Council to protect the exercise of First Amendment rights of those persons engaged in soliciting while also minimizing the safety hazards of such solicitation when it is conducted in close proximity to moving vehicles. This chapter aims to focus its regulatory power on the place and manner of the solicitation. Its aim is to regulate the locations where such solicitation is particularly unsafe in order to address the city's interest in preserving pedestrian and motorist safety, preventing traffic congestion and controlling vehicular traffic.
(1995 Code, § 7.56.010) (Ord. 2023-03, passed 1-17-2023; Ord. 06-2013, passed - -2006)