Any organization or agent which or who violates any provision of this article shall be punished by a fine as provided in § 1-15 of the City Code.
The Mayor may, under such conditions as he may deem proper,
grant to any organization engaged exclusively in charitable work,
or to a post or incorporated organization of veterans who served in
the military or naval service of the United States in time of war
or insurrection, a special license authorizing it, upon a particular
day and for a charitable purpose named in such license, to sell or
solicit, through its accredited agents, in the streets and other public
places within the City, or in any designated part thereof, flags,
badges, medals, buttons, flowers, souvenirs and similar small articles.
No person under 16 years of age shall be accredited as an agent
to sell items under the provisions of this article; however, this
shall not preclude persons under 16 years of age from soliciting for
charitable purposes. Each agent shall wear in plain sight, while engaged
in selling such articles or soliciting, a badge provided by such organization
or post and approved by the authority issuing the license, bearing
upon it the name of such organization or post and the date on which
the license is to be exercised. No such agent shall be authorized
to make or attempt to make such sales or solicitations in front of
any private premises against the objection of the owner or occupant
thereof.
