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.
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.