§ 42-1. Permit for charitable, etc., solicitation—Required generally; exceptions.

(a)

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, product, publication, ticket or subscription, on the statement or representation that such sale or solicitation is for charitable, educational, religious or philanthropic purposes; 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; either in person or by telephone or in any other manner in the city, without first obtaining a written permit from the director of public safety.

(b)

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, lodge, benevolent order or fraternity, nor shall it apply to solicitations for the county community chest.

(Code 1977, § 18-1; Ord. No. 58, §§ 1, 2, 1-9-1961)