As used in this article:
(2)
Street solicitation.
An in-person solicitation,
whether orally, by display, or in writing:
(a)
Requesting a ride, employment, goods, services, financial aid, monetary
gifts or any article representing monetary value, for any purpose;
(b)
Selling or offering for sale goods, services or publications;
(c)
Distributing without remuneration goods, services, or publications;
or
(d)
Requesting signatures on a petition or opinions for a survey.
(Ordinance 4749, sec. 1, adopted 2/15/94; Ordinance 5788, sec. 2, adopted 12/16/03; Ordinance 5885, sec. 2, adopted 3/1/05)
It shall be unlawful for any person, while located on any portion
of a street, to engage in a street solicitation directed to, or intended
to attract the attention of, the occupant of any vehicle stopped or
traveling on the street.
(Ordinance 4749, sec. 1, adopted 2/15/94; Ordinance 5788, sec. 2, adopted 12/16/03; Ordinance 5885, secs. 3, adopted 3/1/05)
(A)
It
shall be unlawful for a person, either personally or through an agent,
to occupy public property within the City for the purpose of selling
or offering to sell goods or services from public property except
when doing so in connection with official government business.
(B)
It
is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the
person selling, distributing, or offering for sale goods or services:
(1)
Is doing so on designated areas of public property by authority of
a license, concession or other agreement with the City;
(2)
Is selling, distributing or offering to sell food products in accordance with chapter 22 of this Code;
(3)
Is selling, distributing or offering to sell goods or services in
connection with a special event.
(Ordinance 4749, sec. 1, adopted 2/15/94; Ordinance 5788, sec. 2, adopted 12/16/03)
