Moorpark Municipal Code Art. V Solicitation in Public Right-of-Way and within Commercial Parking Areas

For the purposes of this article, the following meanings shall apply:

"Business"

means and includes any type of product, good, service, performance or activity which is provided or performed, or offered to be provided or performed, in exchange for money, labor, goods or any other form of consideration.

"Employment"

means and includes services, industry or labor performed by a person for wages or other compensation or under any contract of hire, written, oral, express or implied.

"Solicit"

means and includes any request, offer, enticement or action which announces the availability for or of employment, the sale of goods, or a request for money or other property; or any request, offer, enticement or action which seeks to purchase or secure goods or employment, or to make a contribution of money or other property. As defined herein, a solicitation shall be deemed complete when made whether or not an actual employment relationship is created, a transaction is completed, or an exchange of money or other property takes place.

(Ord. 218 § 1, 1996)

A. No person shall solicit or attempt to solicit, employment, business or contributions of money or other property, from a location within a commercial parking area other than an area within or served by such parking area which is authorized by the property owner or the property owner's authorized representative for such solicitations. This section shall not apply to a solicitation to perform employment or business for the owner or lawful tenants of the subject premises.

B. For purposes of this section, "commercial parking area" means privately owned property which is designed or used primarily for the parking of vehicles and which adjoins one or more commercial establishments.

C. This section shall only apply to commercial parking areas where the following occurs:

1. The owner or person in lawful possession of the commercial parking area establishes a written policy which provides area(s) for the lawful solicitation of employment, business or contributions of money or other property, in locations which are accessible to the public and do not interfere with normal business operations of the commercial premises;

2. A copy of said policy is submitted to the city manager to be maintained in city files; and

3. The owner or person in lawful possession of the commercial parking area has caused a notice to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to such commercial parking area not less than 18 by 24 inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height and not to exceed in total area, six square feet. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:

It is unlawful to engage in the solicitation of employment, business or contributions of money or other property in areas of this commercial parking lot which are not approved for such activity by the property owner.

(Ord. 218 § 1, 1996)