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(1) Not less than 30 days prior to the date desired for soliciting, submit a complete application to the Police Chief or designee for a charitable solicitation permit. The Police Department shall prescribe a form for this purpose. The form shall require the charitable organization to provide its full name, a point of contact for the organization (meaning the name and phone number of the individual seeking the permit fbr the organization), the desired date(s) and specific location(s) (which must be an intersection equipped with a traffic control signal light) for soliciting, the name, address, phone number and age of each individual who may solicit contributions on behalf of the organization, and an agreement by the organization indemnifying the city and holding the city harmless from any and all claims, suits, demands, damages, and attorney fees arising out of or related to the acts or omissions of persons soliciting for the organization. The form may require further information that is reasonably necessary to the direct enforcement of this section and the purposes of this article. (2) At the time of submitting a completed application, the organization shall also submit the following, and failure to do so renders the application incomplete: (A) An application fee as established by the city cormcil. This fee will be used to defray the City's costs of processing the application and compliance monitoring on the Street. This fee is nonrefundable, tmless the permit is denied. (B) Written proof of liability insurance in the amount of at least $500,000.00 per occurrence. The insurance must not have a deductible in excess of $250.00 per occurrence. The policy must include the city as an additional insured and must specify that the insurance is primary over any insurance carried by the city. The insurance policy must be issued by a company authorized by the State Department of Insurance to do business in Texas, and have an effective date that covers the proposed date(s) of soliciting. (C) Written proof that the organization is a charitable organization, along with a copy of the organization's charter (or if a foreign organization, then a copy of its certificate of authority to do business in Texas). (3) No more than one pemfit per calendar year may be issued to an organization. For purposes of this subsection, local chapters of a state, national or international organization are deemed separate organizations, but committees or other subdivisions of an organization are not so deemed. (4) Street soliciting under a permit shall be attthorized for no more than three consecutive calendar days, and shall be limited to the period of 9:00 a.m. and one hour prior to sunset, at the approved location(s) specified in the application. (5) A solicitation permit shall be issued only for soliciting within 100 feet of an intersection equipped with a traffic control signal light.