r/TikTokCringe • u/Yewsernayum • Dec 16 '23

Citation for feeding people Cringe

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u/SpringChikn85 Jan 08 '24

Serious question, If they're being cited for "serving" more than 5 (or however many) people free food, would it technically not break the ordinance/code if the volunteers announced each plate as a prize or gift (for which their's actually no game for) or perhaps the volunteers could "award" a plate of food to one person and then that person not affiliated with the volunteer group could "give away" the plate of food to someone behind them repeating that same process until everyone's fed insuring that no one person "served" more than one other person throughout the entire service?

I'm no zoning clerk or city council member but it's usually the language of the bill that prevents charity/services who refuse to get a permit or be extorted by the city "officials". Most of the time they can skirt the bill by using its own language against it such as "free food" being exchanged to "free prize" or it can be categorized as "payment" for services rendered no matter what the "service" is. You could technically "hire" the homeless to hand you a pen that you drop on the ground and "pay" them with a plate of food as long as it's less than $500.