[Derived from Sees. 4, 9, 10, 23 and 26 of Ch. IX of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]
No person in a public place shall approach a person who is riding in or an operator who is driving or has under control a motor vehicle, whether standing or in motion, for the purpose of soliciting said person or operator to park said vehicle in any parking space, to have said vehicle washed or cleaned or to render any other service in and about the same; nor shall any person in a public place solicit in a loud and disturbing tone of voice a person riding in or operating such a vehicle for said purpose; nor for said purpose or purposes shall any person obstruct or attempt to obstruct the progress of any vehicle in a public place by means of signaling methods or devices, such as lighted lanterns, flashlights, flags, cards, papers, use of arms, hands, etc.; nor shall any person in a public place or in any premises used as a public place for the parking of vehicles, including premises owned by the City of Buffalo, act in a disorderly manner by the unauthorized soliciting of parking or other service fees or by the wanton deflating of vehicle tires or by purposely damaging or injuring vehicles or the parts of the same while said vehicles are parked in such place.
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No person shall ring any bell, blow any horn or make any public outcry at or for any public sale, auction or vendue or any private sale, in a public place.
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No person shall accost any other person in a public place and solicit him or her to purchase any goods, wares or merchandise kept for sale at any store, house or place of business or solicit him or her to enter any such store, house or place of business to examine or purchase any goods, wares or merchandise kept therein for sale.
No person shall, in a public place, sell or offer to sell, purchase or offer to purchase or in any way deal in or offer to deal in any railroad or steamship passenger ticket or tickets or other evidence of a right of passenger transportation; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prohibit religious, benevolent, social, fraternal or labor organizations, through their authorized representatives, from selling or offering for sale such tickets for any of the purposes of any such organization.
No person shall orally or by any device solicit alms of any kind from another person or hawk, peddle, vend or sell in a public place any goods or merchandise consisting of small lapel flags or other patriotic emblems or trinkets or various wares of slight monetary value either by receiving voluntary contributions therefor or by requesting a consideration of value in exchange thereof, except as permitted by § 316-24 of Article V of this chapter; and such hawking, peddling, vending or selling as above described is hereby prohibited and declared to be a subterfuge and device for the solicitation of alms for another person and to be in violation of this section.
No scissors grinder, ragpicker or purchaser of rags or secondhand clothing or junk dealer or other purchaser of abandoned or secondhand articles shall enter any yard or any other part any premises used for dwelling or residence purposes with a view to soliciting for the purchase of any said articles or examining the same without the express invitation or consent of the owner or occupant of said premises or property.
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No person, in a public place, shall take any picture, photograph or snapshot by any process whatsoever of any person and offer to furnish to such person or to any person selected by him a copy of the picture so taken for consideration in any form.
B. 
The passing out of written, printed, typewritten or mimeographed matter or giving information orally concerning the means by which a copy of the picture taken may be obtained is hereby defined to be an offer to furnish a copy of the picture taken for a consideration.
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The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to include the taking of a picture solely for the purpose of reproducing it in a book, newspaper, magazine or periodical; and the sale of any book, newspaper, magazine or periodical containing any such picture likewise shall not be a violation of this section.