§ 5.44.010. Allowed when.

Pursuant to the authority of 625 ILCS 5/11-1006, it shall be lawful for persons to stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting contributions from occupants of vehicles under the following conditions:

A.

The soliciting shall be done by a soliciting agency that is registered with the State Attorney General as a charitable organization as provided in "An Act to regulate solicitation and collection of funds for charitable purposes, providing for violations thereof, and making an appropriation therefor," approved July 26, 1963, as amended; and

B.

The soliciting agency shall be engaged in a statewide fund raising activity, and have a local chapter in the City; and

C.

The soliciting agency shall be liable for any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which is causally related to an act of ordinary negligence of the soliciting agent, and the soliciting agency shall furnish the City Clerk with proof that the agency has insurance coverage covering against general liability in amounts of at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) to one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) and including the City as an additional insured party; and

D.

All persons engaged in solicitation shall be at least sixteen (16) years of age and shall be wearing a high visibility vest, and all solicitation shall be restricted to the following intersections:

Clay and Center - westbound only;

Main and Center - eastbound only;

Main and Morrison - southbound and eastbound only;

Vandalia and Clay - northbound only;

with a limit from each intersection of one hundred (100) feet within which solicitation will be permitted; a solicitation area shall be clearly marked with either safety cones or barricades with reflective visibility tape or material; and

E.

The soliciting agency obtains a permit from the office of the City Clerk, and complies with any restrictions on the permit that may be inserted thereon. Restrictions may be made in the discretion of the City Council with respect to certainty of dates, times, locations, number of solicitors, and such other restrictions as the City Council determines to be necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare. An application for the permits shall be made at least thirty (30) days prior to the solicitation day, and the applications shall be accompanied by proof of compliance with all the requirements of this chapter (except for the proof of insurance coverage which must be on file within seven days after issuance of the permit, which shall be conditionally issued until the proof of coverage is accepted by the City Clerk).

(Code 1996, § 5.44.010)