[Code 1955, § 3-5.1.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the term "solicit" shall have
its commonly accepted meaning and shall include oral and written requests
and shall apply to direct and indirect solicitation.
[Code 1955, § 3-5.2.]
No person shall solicit any funds or assistance for any purposes other than those prohibited by Section 31-6, unless such person shall have first obtained a license to do so; provided, that the prohibition herein contained shall not apply to the solicitation of funds or contributions by representatives of an organization from its own members.
[Code 1955, § 3-5.2.]
(a)
To whom application made; form. Each application for a license to
solicit within the City shall be made to the City Clerk, on forms
provided by him or her.
(b)
Applications from national, state, City, etc., organizations. In
the case of national, state, regional and City organizations which
propose to solicit on an organized basis, the application for a license
to solicit shall be made by the promoter or other person or agent
designated by such organization, who shall file with the City Clerk
proof of his or her appointment or designation as the promoter or
agent of such organization for the purpose of soliciting in the City.
(c)
Submission of applications to Council; standards for granting license.
Applications for licenses to solicit upon the streets or other public
places of the City shall be submitted by the City Clerk to the Council
not later than its next regular meeting. The Council shall grant any
such license upon a showing in the application filed that the proposed
solicitation is for a religious, charitable, philanthropic, health,
benevolent, educational or cultural purpose, that not more than 15%
of the gross amount to be collected under the provisions of the license
applied for will be paid to or retained by the collector thereof or
will be paid to defray the cost of collection, and that the object
of, or the conduct of, the solicitation will not be a fraud upon the
public.
(d)
Soliciting on private premises. In each case of an application for
a license to solicit upon private premises within the City, the City
Clerk shall grant a license to solicit upon the same showing as is
set forth for the granting of a license by the Council.
[Code 1955, § 3-5.3.]
The application forms provided by the City Clerk under the provisions
of this chapter shall be designed to show, among other things, the
identity of the person or organization making application for a license
to solicit, the purpose or object to which funds collected by the
solicitation will be devoted, the name of the local person in charge
of or responsible for the solicitation on behalf of an organization,
the amount which will be retained by or paid to such person and his
or her subordinate collectors out of any funds collected by the solicitation,
and the percentage of all funds collected which will be used or are
estimated to be used to defray the cost of solicitation and collection.
The City Clerk may also require of any applicant such other information
as he or she deems pertinent for the purpose of determining the bona
fide nature of the application and the object or purpose for which
the proposed solicitation is intended. Such additional information
may include financial statements.
[Code 1955, § 3-5.4.]
Each individual licensee under the provisions of this chapter and each person charge of or responsible for solicitation on behalf of an organization, under the requirements of Section 31-2, shall be identified by the license issued to him or her. Each such person shall furnish to his or her subordinate solicitors adequate identification to be approved by the City Clerk. No person shall solicit without such identification, nor shall any solicitor fail to show his or her identification upon request by any police officer or any person from whom solicitation is made.
[Code 1955, § 3-5.1; Ord. No. 799.]
No person shall solicit funds, alms, aid, assistance or support
for himself nor shall a license be issued to solicit funds during
the week of the annual Tulip Time Festival held each year during the
month of May.
