Legal Documents of Pittman Center

1. "Roadblocks" for solicitations shall be permitted only on three (3) consecutive days of any week, and shall not begin until one (1) hour after daylight and shall end one (1) hour before dark.
2. All of the outer clothing of every person soliciting contributions shall be brightly colored.
3. Persons making solicitations shall position themselves in places and in a manner where they do not block or impede the flow of traffic. In no event shall they stand in the intersection itself, but only on the centerline of the highway or on the side of the highway and roads that feed into the intersection on the portion of the highway and roads immediately outside the intersection.
4. No person shall solicit contributions on the public streets without first obtaining a permit from the town recorder. The town recorder shall issue permits only to organizations that have a current exemption certificate from the Internal Revenue Service issued under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or which qualify as nonprofit tax-exempt organization under the laws of the State of Tennessee or similar laws of another state.
5. The town recorder shall issue a permit upon his or her finding that:
   1. All the statements made in the application for a permit are true.
   2. The solicitation will not be fraud upon the public.
   3. The solicitation is not being conducted for private profit.
6. The Town of Pittman Center shall issue no more than six (6) street solicitation permits in any one (1) calendar year.
7. Only one (1) permit shall be issued to the organization. However, the permit shall be present at the site of the solicitation at all times while solicitations are occurring. The permit shall be shown to any police officer of the town upon the officer's request.

1. The name, address and headquarters of the organization applying for the permit, and the name and address of the agent of the organization actually making application for the permit.
2. A copy of a resolution, letter, or other document showing on its face that the solicitation has been authorized by the organization, and that the agent of the organization applying for the permit is authorized to make the application for the permit.
3. A copy of the 501(c)(3) exemption or other documentary evidence that the organization is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization under the laws of the State of Tennessee or similar laws of other states.
4. The purpose for which the solicitation is to be made.
5. The names and addresses of the person/persons who will actually be in charge of the solicitation at the scene of the solicitation.
6. The times and locations at which the solicitation will be made.
7. Any other information reasonably required by the town recorder to insure that the applicant for the permit complies with the provisions of this chapter.

Permits issued under this chapter shall be in essentially the following form:

STREET SOLICITATION PERMIT

Permit Number: __________

Date: ______________

The _________________________ (name of organization), is hereby authorized to solicit under the provision of § 9-201 of the Pittman Center Municipal Code, adopted on __________ day of __________, __________.

day of ______________, __________.

day of ______________, __________.

day of ______________, __________.

The issuance of this permit does not constitute an endorsement by the Town of Pittman Center or by any of its departments, officers or employees of the purpose or person/s conducting this solicitation.

(Recorder)

(Agent of Soliciting Organization)