The following words and phrases shall have the meaning indicated,
unless the context or usage clearly requires a different meaning:
Any type of product, 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.
The service, industry or labor performed by a person for
wages or other compensation or under any contract of hire written
or oral, express or implied.
A person who occupies a vehicle.
As defined in California Vehicle Code Section 467 as the
same now reads or may hereafter be amended.
Any individual, company, corporation, association, business
or other legal entity.
That portion of the street which is improved, designed or
ordinarily used exclusively for vehicular travel.
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.
A way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and
open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel.
For the purposes of this chapter, street includes highway and any
parking area or lot owned or operated by the City of Santa Barbara
or the Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency.
As defined in California Vehicle Code Section 670 as the
same now reads or may hereafter be amended.
(Ord. 5067, 1998; Ord. 5414, 2007)
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health and welfare
of the general public and to promote safer and more efficient traffic
flow by reasonably regulating the time, place, and manner of the solicitation
of employment, business, or contributions of money or other property
from pedestrians and occupants of vehicles on public streets. These
regulations are intended to be content neutral and are not intended
to restrict the right of free speech or alternative channels of such
communication in other areas.
(Ord. 5414, 2007)
A.
Solicitations
by pedestrians. It is unlawful for any person, while located in any
portion of the public roadway 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 roadway unless the vehicle is
legally parked or stopped within the roadway.
B.
Solicitations
from a vehicle. It is unlawful for any person while the occupant of
a vehicle that is not legally parked or stopped within a roadway,
to solicit (or attempt to solicit) employment, business or contributions
of money or other property from a person who is located within a public
right-of-way including, but not limited to, any street, roadway, sidewalk,
parkway, alley or driveway.
C.
Yanonali
street. This section shall not apply to that portion of the south
side of Yanonali Street (approximately 170 feet in length) between
the Laguna Channel and the west gate driveway entrance to the City's
Corporation Yard Annex at 401 East Yanonali Street, as such area is
more specifically designated on signs posted at that location.
(Ord. 5067, 1998; Ord. 5414, 2007)
