At least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the public hearing on a proposed franchise granting an exclusive right to use a portion of the city streets, sidewalks or other city property for the sale of food, cut flowers, beverages, or merchandise and/or the rental of equipment or other things, the director shall cause notice of the time and place of such hearing to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation within the city and shall cause written notice of the hearing to be served on each person having been issued a permit authorizing the sale of food, cut flowers, or beverages on and from a city street or sidewalk. In addition, where the proposed franchise will authorize the sale of food, cut flowers, beverages, or merchandise and/or the rental of equipment or other things from a city street, sidewalk or other city property within the central business district, the director shall cause a written notice of the hearing on the proposed franchise to be served on the Downtown Chico Business Association and/or such other organization which represents merchants within the central business district.
(Ord. 1925 §2 (part), Ord. 2012 §4 (part), Ord. 2136 §3, Ord. 2287, Ord. 2364 §224)