Athens City Code

No peddler, street barker, solicitor, solicitor for charitable purposes, solicitor for subscriptions, or panhandler shall:

1. (1) Be permitted to set up and operate a booth or stand on any street or sidewalk or in any other public area within the city.
2. (2) Stand or sit in or near the entrance to any dwelling or place of business or in any other place which may disrupt or impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
3. (3) Offer to sell goods or services or solicit in vehicular traffic lanes or operate a road block of any kind.
4. (4) Call attention to his business or merchandise or to his solicitation efforts by crying out, by blowing a horn, by ringing a bell, or creating other noise, except that the street barker shall be allowed to cry out to call attention to his business or merchandise during recognized parade or festival days of the city.
5. (5) Enter in or upon any premises or attempt to enter in or upon any premises wherein a sign or placard bearing the notice "Peddlers or Solicitors Prohibited," or similar language carrying the same meaning, is located.
6. (6) Stand on or otherwise occupy any portion of the public right-of-way, including any public street, median, alley or sidewalk, for the purpose of soliciting or accepting a donation of money or any other item from the occupant of any vehicle.
7. (7) By means of a sign or other device of any kind, use or occupy any portion of the public right-of-way, including any public street, median, alley or sidewalk, to attempt to alert the driver or any occupant of a motor vehicle that is on a street to any commercial activity.

(Code 1995, § 9-205; Ord. No. 1060, § 2, 2-21-2017)