Title
An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 47 (Streets) of Title IV of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor regarding the Ann Arbor Sidewalk Vendor Program (Ordinance No. ORD-08-33)
Memorandum
Attached is a proposed ordinance to the City’s sidewalk vendor program. In March 2008, City Council directed the City Administrator to recommend policies, procedures and ordinance revisions to the current program. Following meetings with stakeholders associated with the sidewalk vendor program and review of the input received, staff developed revisions to the ordinance.
The proposed ordinance amendments address the issues of motorized generator use, the abandonment of vendor carts, licensing requirements, leaving vendor carts unattended and affixed to stationary objects, and the distance in which a vendor can sell his/her wares in direct competition with a business owner.
Also proposed is the use of ordinance officers and downtown beat officers to more regularly monitor the implementation of all sidewalk vendor regulations. The new ordinance provides for the impoundment of vendor carts and seizure of merchandise and fines if a vendor is found operating with the City limits in violation.
Adjustments were made to the ordinance to coincide with the dates that the Washtenaw County Health Department issues permits for vendor carts.
Staff
Prepared by: Angella Abrams, Police Patrol Lieutenant
Reviewed By: Mark Lloyd, Planning & Development Services Manager
Approved By: Roger W. Fraser, City Administrator
Body
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-08-33
First Reading : September 8, 2008
Public Hearing : September 22,2008
Approved: September 22, 2008
Published: September 28, 2008
Effective: October 8, 2008
STREETS (Regarding the Ann Arbor Sidewalk Vendor Program)
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 47 OF TITLE IV OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR.
The City of Ann Arbor ordains:
Section 1. That Section 4:14 of Chapter 47 of Title IV of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor is amen...
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