The following terms shall apply to this chapter as written unless context indicates or requires a different meaning:
ASK, BEG, OR SOLICIT ALMS. Includes the spoken, written, or printed word or such other act conducted for the purpose of obtaining an immediate donation or money or thing of value.
FALSE OR MISLEADING MANNER. Includes, but is not limited to, the asking, begging, or soliciting of alms, including money and other things of value, through utilization of any of the following representations:
(1) Stating or expressing that the donation is needed to meet a specific need, when the solicitor already has sufficient funds to meet that need and does not disclose that fact;
(2) Stating that the solicitor is from out of town and stranded, when that is not true;
(3) Wearing or displaying an indication of physical disability, when the solicitor does not suffer the disability indicated; or
(4) Use of any makeup or device to simulate deformity.
(Ord. passed 8-21-2017)