(a) Permit Required. No person shall sell or offer for sale any article or product at any farmers market unless such person: (1) is a grower or producer; and (2) has first obtained a permit under this chapter.
(b) Permit Fee.
(1) Amount – Non-Refundable. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)(2) herein, the fee for a permit under this chapter shall be as follows: if the farmers market is located within the Central Business District, the permit fee shall be $25.00, per 10-foot by 10-foot space, for each day of permitted sales in each farmers market area where the grower or producer intends to sell. If the farmers market is located outside the Central Business District, the permit fee shall be $15.00, per 10-foot by 10-foot space, for each day of permitted sales in each farmers market area where the grower or producer intends to sell. The permit fee required under this subsection (b)(1) shall be non-refundable.
(2) Waiver of Permit Fee – Authorized When. The Commissioner is authorized to reduce or waive the permit fee required under subsection (b)(1) for all growers or producers at a specific farmers market if such farmers market is located in a low-income, low-supermarket-access census tract as determined by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(3) Installment Payments – Authorized When. Except as otherwise provided under subsection (b)(2) herein, at least 50% of the permit fee required under subsection (b)(1) shall be paid at the time the permit application is submitted in accordance with Section 4-12-040(h). The balance of the applicable permit fee shall be paid in accordance with a payment schedule determined by the Commissioner in duly promulgated rules. Such balance shall: (i) be a debt due and owing to the City; and (ii) not be abated, reduced, or apportioned due to the permittee’s failure to conduct any of the activities authorized by the permit.
(Prior code § 35.1-5; Added Coun. J. 5-24-89, p. 1298; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 3-13-19, p. 96592, § 7)