As used in this chapter the following meanings shall apply:
"Employment"
means and includes services, industry or labor performed by a person for wages or other compensation or under any contract of hire, written, oral, express or implied.
"Solicit"
means and includes any request, offer, enticement or action which announces the availability for or of employment, the sale of goods, or a request for money or other property, or any request, offer, enticement or action which seeks to purchase or secure goods or employment, or to make a contribution of money or other property. As defined herein, a solicitation shall be deemed complete when made, whether or not an actual employment relationship is created, a transaction is completed, or an exchange of money or other property takes place.
"Business"
means and includes any type of produce, goods, service, performance or activity which is provided or performed, or offered to be provided or performed, in exchange for money, labor, goods or any other form of consideration.
(Ord. 02-03 §1, 2002)
It is unlawful for any person, while standing in any portion of the public right-of-way, including but not limited to public streets, highways, sidewalks and driveways, to solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment, business, or contributions of money or other property, from any person traveling in a vehicle along a public right-of-way, including, but not limited to, public streets, highways or driveways. The provisions of this section shall only be operative in the municipal area of the city of Waterford. This section is not applicable to itinerant vendors holding valid permits issued in accordance with the Waterford Municipal Code.
(Ord. 02-03 §1, 2002)
It is unlawful for any person, while the occupant of a moving vehicle, to solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment, business, or contributions of money or other property, from a person who is within the public right-of-way, including but not limited to a public street, highway, sidewalk or driveway. The provisions of this section shall only be operative in the municipal area of the city of Waterford.
(Ord. 02-03 §1, 2002)
A. 
No person shall solicit, or attempt to solicit, from a location within a commercial parking area other than an area within or served by such parking area which is authorized by the property owner or the property owner's authorized representative for such solicitations. This section shall not apply to a solicitation to perform employment or business for the owner or lawful tenants of the subject premises.
B. 
For purposes of this section, "commercial parking area" means privately owned property which is designed or used primarily for the parking of vehicles and which adjoins one or more commercial establishments. This section shall only apply to commercial parking areas where the following occurs:
1. 
The owner or person in lawful possession of the commercial parking area establishes a written policy which provides an area or areas for lawful solicitation in locations which are accessible to the public and do not interfere with normal business operations of the commercial premises; and
2. 
The owner or person in lawful possession of the commercial parking area has caused a notice to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to such commercial parking area not less than eighteen by twenty-four inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height and not to exceed in total area, six square feet. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
It is an infraction to solicit in areas of this commercial parking lot which are not approved for such activity by the property owner, other than to perform employment or business for the owner or lawful tenants of the premises.
(Ord. 02-03 §1, 2002)
It is unlawful for any person to stand or use the median island on a divided highway or median separating the frontage road from the main roadway for any period of time other than at an intersection as a pedestrian refuge while actively crossing such highway.
(Ord. 02-03 §1, 2002)
A. 
Every person violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of an infraction punishable in accordance with Chapter 1.12.
B. 
Each person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which the violation of or failure, neglect or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such person.
(Ord. 02-03 §1, 2002)