(A) An outdoor commercial promotion is a sales or other business-related event conducted outdoors by a leasehold or owner occupant of commercial, industrial, or institutional property on which the principal commercial operation is located. An outdoor commercial promotion by a leasehold or owner occupant of commercial property may include, but is not limited to: outdoor product display, outdoor sidewalk sale, tent sale, outdoor customer appreciation event. An outdoor commercial promotion is also a not-for-profit organization fundraising event, such as a car wash conducted by a high school team, a brat sale by a Boy or Girl Scout troop.
(B) An outdoor commercial promotion on commercial, industrial, or institutional property shall only be by permit administratively approved by the Zoning Administrator, subject to all of the following:
(1) The outdoor commercial promotion shall be conducted by and in connection with an occupant business on the subject property or by a not for-profit organization for a fundraising event on the subject property with the consent of the property owner.
(2) The permit shall be valid for a period not to exceed ten days for one outdoor promotion by an occupant business and no more than four permits will be issued in a calendar year to an occupant business. A permit to a not-for-profit organization for a fundraising event on the subject property shall not be for more than three consecutive days and shall be sponsored by the property owner or occupant business on the subject parcel. The number of permits to a not-for-profit organization for a fundraising event on the subject property is not restricted and the permit will not be considered in the number of permits allowed for an occupant business conducting an outdoor commercial promotion.
(3) The outdoor commercial promotion shall be conducted entirely upon the subject property in a manner that will not interfere with traffic circulation or otherwise create a nuisance or safety hazard as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
(4) A sidewalk sales shall be restricted to the area immediately adjacent to the front of the store that is conducting the sale on the sidewalk or parking lot. The sales or display shall permit a minimum four-foot wide open sidewalk area in front of each store at all times for pedestrians.
(5) Failure to comply with these regulations shall be sufficient reason to immediately revoke the approved permit and grounds for denial of future permits.
(‘81 Code, § A1-68) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 1089, passed 6-10-21)