§ 114.13. STREET VENDING.  


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  • (A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
    PERMANENT BUSINESS. A business which is established within any building for a period of time exceeding 30 days;
    UNOBSTRUCTED CORNER. A triangular area formed by the street property lines and a line connecting them at points 25 feet from the intersection of the street lines or, in the case of a rounded property corner, from the intersection of the street property lines when extended.
    (B) If the business of the applicant is to be carried on by selling goods, wares and merchandise on or from a city sidewalk, the following provisions shall be complied with in addition to the other provisions contained in this chapter:
    (1) No more than one transient vendor or itinerant merchant shall occupy each side of a city block;
    (2) No transient vendor or itinerant merchant shall offer for sale his or her goods, wares and merchandise wherein 70% of the product is in direct competition with a business within 100 feet of the location wherein the product is being offered for sale or display.
    (3) There shall be a five-foot setback from the curb of a street wherein no merchandise, goods or wares shall be displayed or sold or within which no transient vendor or itinerant merchant may stand or sell the goods, wares or merchandise;
    (4) There shall be a triangular area of each corner where two city streets intersect wherein no wares or merchandise shall be sold or displayed; and
    (5) Street vendors must provide receptacles for waste disposal and shall not obstruct storefronts or entrances thereto.
    (‘89 Code, § 45.15) Penalty, see § 10.99