Sec. 250.301. - Vending areas.

(a) Sidewalk vendors may request a permit for an assigned location for the location of a vending area. This location shall meet the standards set forth in this Part. This location shall not be assigned to any other vendor as long as the permit is valid. The vendor must provide a site plan of the location with application. Any such application shall be reviewed by the Department to assure compliance with this Part before being submitted to the Tax Collector for payment. (b) Sidewalk vendors may request a nonspecified vending area permit. This permit shall authorize the vendor to vend in any location in the City authorized by this Part. (c) Sidewalk vendors may vend only in City right-of-way along roads which have curbs, gutters and sidewalks and only where the zoning is commercial or industrial. (d) All vending carts, display devices, and accessory containers must be located at least three feet from the paved portion of the street including any parking areas. (e) The vendor's vending carts, display devices and accessory containers shall not cover or obstruct more than 50 percent of the width of any sidewalk. (f) In no event shall any vending cart, display device, or accessory container be located on the paved portion of any road or: (1) Within three feet of any paved portion of any road including any parking areas; (2) Along any divided road which does not have curbs and sidewalks alongside such road; (3) On or in any median in any road; (4) Within ten feet of any driveway or curb cut; (5) Within 15 feet of any crosswalk; (6) Within 15 feet of any building exit or any walk which leads directly from a building exit; (7) Within 20 feet of any bus stop; (8) Within three feet of a building or structure unless the sidewalk is not less than 11 feet wide; (9) Within three feet of any parking space parallel to the road; (10) Within any area which would block the view of traffic or traffic signals or traffic signs; (11) Within 25 feet of any intersection; (12) Within 75 feet of any vendor who has been granted an assigned location permit pursuant to Section 250.301 (a); (13) Within ten feet of any fire hydrant; (14) Within 300 feet of the property line of any property on which is located any established permanent business which sells the same types of products or services as requested to be sold by the permit applicant. (g) In no event shall any vending cart or accessory container be located inside any public building or structure or at any place the general public is prohibited or on any place where exclusive vending rights have been leased to another. (Ord. 93-1761-1390, § 1)