HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-235ORDINANCE # 235
SOLICITATION OF FUNDS
Section 1. Permit required; exceptions.
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit money,
donations of money, property or financial assistance of any
kind, or to sell or offer to sell any article, publication,
ticket or subscription, on the statement or representation
that such sale or solicitation is for charitable, educational,
religious or philanthropic purposes, either in person or by
telephone or in any manner in the city, unless such person
shall hold a valia permit as hereinafter provided for.
This section shall not apply to solicitation at the
regular exercises or services of any church, religious society,
lodge, benevolent order or fraternity, or any branch thereof,
when such solicitation is made at a regular appointed meeting,
or regular place of worship, or exercises of such church,
religious society, loc{ge, benevolent order or fraternity.
Section 2. heligious, educational or charitable
Institutiop.s.
It shall be unlawful for any person representing or
claiming to represent any church, school, eleemosynary,
charitable, social service or public institution of any kind
to solicit subscriptions from the general public or to sell
tickets or to canvass for advertising space on any program,
booklet, pamphlet or other printed matter for the benefit or
for the alleged benefit of any such institution without first
obtaining a written permit from the commissioner of public safety.
Section 3. Application for Permit.
Any person desiring to solicit funds for any cause what-
ever as provided in Section 1 shall file v,ith the commissioner
of public safety of the city, and the Mayor and the City Yanager
is designated as commissioner of public safety for the purposes
of this ordinance, an application, duly sworn to by sorieone
Guly authorized and having knowledge of the facts, containing
the following information:
(a) Name of the person or the organisation applying --for
permission to solicit; names of the officers of such organi-
zation, if any.
(b) Purpose for which a solicitation permit is requested.
(c) The time for which the permit is requested, and the
metrods to be used in carrying on the solicitation.
(d) The amount of any wages, fees, commissions or emoluments
to be expended in connection with such solicitation and the
names of all individuals authorized to receive money.
.(e) Full statement of the character and extend of the
charitable, religious or philanthropic work being done by the
applicant within the City.
(f) Such other information as the commissioner of public
safety may require.
Section 4. Granting of permits; curation; contents; appeals.
The commissioner of public safety shall have the power to
grant permits if the information filed under the last preceding
sections is' found to be accurate, and the purpose is found to
be worthy and bond fide.
No permit shall be issued for a longer period ,than thirty
days including Sundays and local holidays, but any permit may
be renewed by the commissioner of public safety.
Whenever a permit is denied to any applicant by the
commissioner of public safety, such.applicant shall have the
right to appeal to the commission of the City within five days
from such denial.
Section 5. Yisrepresentation of facts.
It shall be unlawful for any person on his ov.n behalf, or
as the representative of another, to swear fasely to any facts
contained in the application provided for in this chapter or
to file or cause to be filed any false affidavits.
Section 6. hevocation of permit.
The commissioner of public safety shall have the power to
revoke any permit if it appears to him that the holder of the
permit has violated any provisions of this chapter or has
misrepresented or made untrue statements in conrection with the
solicitation.
A permit shall also be revoked by the commissioner of
public safety is it appears that the permit is used cirectly
or indirectly as an endorsement of the solicitation. ,
G,henever a permit is revoked by the commissioner of public
safety, the person aggrieved may appeal to the city commission
from such revocation within five days thereafter.
Section 7. Solicitations by telephone.
It shall be unlawful for any person, so^iety or association
(including religious, fraternal, patriotic or charitable) to
use the telephone as a means of soliciting another to make a
donation, or to subscribe to or for advertising, or to give or
pay money or other things of value for, or in return for, any
ticket, flag, tam, badge, flower, token or symbol, or to use
the telephone as a means of arranging an engagement for such
solicitation for any purpose unless a permit to do so be first
obtained from the commissioner of public safety.
Section 8.
Any person convicted of violating any provision of this
ordinance shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than w100
for each conviction.
Adopted and approved this the 27th day of4Jun,55•
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Mayor
Attest:
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