Sec. 94-117. Solicitation on or near street or highway.
(a) The purpose of this section is to prevent dangers to persons and property, to prevent delays, and to avoid interference with the traffic flow. Streets or highways that have center medians often are designed to deal with specific traffic flow problems. Any delay [or] distraction may interfere with traffic planning, flow, and safety. Sometimes persons stand near intersections and near traffic lights to contact drivers or passengers in cars that are passing or that are stopped temporarily due to traffic lights.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or attempt to solicit employment, business, contributions, or sales of any kind or collect monies for such from the occupant of any vehicle traveling upon any street or highway when:
(1) Such solicitation or collection causes the person performing the activity to enter onto the traveled portion of a street or highway.
(2) Such solicitation or collection causes the person performing the activity to be located upon any median area, whether raised or on an even plane with the street or highway, which separates traffic lanes for vehicular travel.
(3) Such solicitation or collection causes the person performing the activity to locate him or herself such that vehicles cannot move into a legal parking area to safely conduct the transaction.
(c) For purposes of this section, the traveled portion of the street or highway shall mean that portion of any street or highway located within the city which can be used by moving motor vehicle traffic, including the gutter on the edge of any street or highway. (Code 1979, § 37-124; Ord. No. 2015-61, § 5, 12-7-2015)