Legal Documents of Rocky Top

It shall be unlawful for any individual, group, club or organization to hold a roadblock for the solicitation of contributions on the streets of the City of Rocky Top without securing an application to conduct such activities. The granting or denial of such applications shall be regulated as follows:

1. Any individual group or organization of local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations/chapters only seeking to conduct a roadblock for the solicitation of contributions shall apply at city hall with approval of the city council for a roadblock solicitation application. In considering whether to grant such applications, the criteria set out in the City of Rocky Top Municipal Code in § 9-302. In the event an application is denied, the applicant may appeal the denial pursuant to the terms of § 9-303.
2. At the time the official application is presented, the applicant shall provide a current driver's license as part of the application.
3. Proof of IRS of local 501(c)(3) organizations/chapters only status for fund collecting.
4. The city manager shall have the authority and responsibility to deny or revoke any roadblock solicitation application if, in his or her opinion, conditions are unsafe for the conduction of such activities, violation(s) of any ordinance or event rules or regulations have occurred or for any other reason he or she deems it in the best interest of the community to do so.
5. Applications shall not be made more than twelve (12) months prior to the date of the proposed event.
6. No more than two (2) applications per year shall be issued for a specific event to any group, club or organization.
7. Violators will be banned from future applications.
8. Valid certificate of insurance.
   
   1. With standard line-item limits of liability shown.
   2. With city listed as certificate holder.
   3. With city listed as additionally insured party
9. City hall shall issue no more than two (2) roadblock applications in any month and no more than fourteen (14) in any calendar year.
10. Permitted roadblocks shall be operated only between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M. (noon) and shall be limited to the following intersections:
    
    1. SR-9 Main Street and Norris Freeway/Wallace Street.
    2. SR-9 Main Street and Highway 116.
11. No one younger than eighteen (18) years of age shall be permitted to participate in any roadblock in any capacity. No children or pets shall be allowed to participate in any roadblock.
12. Hold harmless indemnification agreement.
13. Roadblock participants shall wear bright, highly visible clothing or vests prescribed by the chief of police.
14. Solicitors, including all street sale vendors, shall operate in the legal rights of way of intersections where activities are being conducted.
15. In the event an emergency vehicle approaches an intersection where a roadblock activity is being conducted, all roadblock participants shall exit the intersection until such time that the emergency vehicle has passed through the intersection and resumption of roadblock activities can be done in a safe manner without interference with such emergency vehicle. (Ord. #581, Dec. 2023)