5-4-1: SOLICITING ON PUBLIC WAYS:

   A.   Rides: It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit a ride for himself or another from within the right-of-way of any street or highway of this County or from any sidewalk located therein. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prevent a person upon a public highway from soliciting or a driver of a vehicle from giving a ride where an emergency actually exists, nor to prevent a person from signaling or requesting transportation from a commercial passenger carrier for the purpose of becoming a passenger thereon for hire. Any person claiming that an emergency does exist under the provisions of this section shall bear the burden of proving same.

   B.   Employment Or Business: No person shall stand in a roadway or on a sidewalk and solicit employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle.

   C.   Penalty: Violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in the Ada County Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00), or both such imprisonment and fine. (Ord. 55, 8-22-1974)