§ 5.18.020. Definitions.

Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

"Charitable" means and includes the words triotic, philanthropic, social service, welfare, benevolent, educational, civic, or fraternal, either actual or purported.

"Commission" means the Commission of Public Charities.

"Contributions" means and includes the words alms, food, clothing, money, subscription, property or donations under the guise of a loan of money or property.

"Person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, church, religious sect, religious denomination, society, organization or league, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, agent, or other similar representative thereof.

"Promoter" means any person who promotes, manages, supervises, organizes, or attempts to promote, manage, supervise, or organize a campaign of solicitation.

"Religious" and "religion" shall not mean and include the word "charitable" as herein defined, but shall be given their commonly accepted definitions. Solicit and Solicitation.

1.

"Solicit" and "solicitation" mean the request directly or indirectly of money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value on the plea or representation that such money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value will be used for a charitable or religious purpose as those purposes are defined in this chapter. These words shall also mean and include the following methods of securing money, credit, property, financial assistance or other thing of value on the plea or representation that it will be used for a charitable or religious purpose as herein defined:

a.

Any oral or written request;

b.

The distribution, circulation, mailing, posting or publishing of any handbill, written advertisement, or publication;

c.

The making of any announcement to the press, by radio or television, by telephone or telegraph concerning an appeal, assemblage, athletic or sports event, bazaar, benefit, campaign, contest, dance, drive, entertainment, exhibition, exposition, party, performance, picnic, sale or social gathering, which the public is requested to patronize or to which the public is requested to make a contribution for any charitable or religious purpose connected therewith;

d.

The sale of, offer or attempt to sell, any advertisement, advertising space, book, card, chance, coupon, device, magazine, membership, merchandise, subscription, ticket or other thing in connection with which any appeal is made for any charitable or religious purpose, or where the name of any charitable or religious person is used or referred to in any such appeal as an inducement or reason for making any such sale; or when or where in connection with any such sale, any statement is made that the whole or any part of the proceeds from any such sale will go or be donated to any charitable or religious purpose.

2.

A "solicitation" as defined herein shall be deemed completed when made, whether or not the person making the same receives any contribution or makes any sale referred to in this section.

(Prior code §§ 3-2.02—3-2.08)