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CITY OF CLEVELAND, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART TWO: HEALTH CODE
PART THREE: LAND USE CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND SERVICES CODE
PART SIX: OFFENSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CODE
TITLE I: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE III: CONSUMER PROTECTION
TITLE V: DISCRIMINATION
TITLE VII: BUSINESS REGULATION
CHAPTER 670 - COMMISSIONING OF ARMED SECURITY GUARDS
CHAPTER 670A - UNNECESSARY POLICE ALARMS
CHAPTER 670B - OUTDOOR PAY TELEPHONES
CHAPTER 671 - AUCTIONS
CHAPTER 672 - CHRISTMAS TREE SALES
CHAPTER 673 - GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALES
CHAPTER 674 - HANDGUN POSSESSION AND SALE
CHAPTER 674A - LATE NIGHT RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 675 - STREET VENDORS
CHAPTER 675A - STREET PERFORMERS
CHAPTER 676 - JUNK AND SECONDHAND DEALERS
CHAPTER 676A - MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR GARAGES
CHAPTER 676B - GARAGE AND RESIDENTIAL PERSONAL PROPERTY SALES
CHAPTER 677 - METER READERS
CHAPTER 677A - TOW TRUCKS
CHAPTER 678 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS
CHAPTER 679 - MOVERS
CHAPTER 679A - DONATION BOXES
CHAPTER 680 - NEWSPAPER DISPENSING DEVICES
CHAPTER 680A - CIGARETTE ADVERTISING ON PUBLICLY VISIBLE LOCATIONS
CHAPTER 680B - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ADVERTISING ON PUBLICLY VISIBLE LOCATIONS
CHAPTER 681 - PAWNBROKERS
CHAPTER 681A - PRECIOUS METALS DEALERS
CHAPTER 682 - ITINERANT VENDORS AND WHOLESALE PRODUCE DEALERS
CHAPTER 682A - RENTAL AGENCIES
CHAPTER 683 - SOUND DEVICES
CHAPTER 683A - MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 684 - STREET ACTION PICTURES
CHAPTER 685 - TRAILER RENTAL AGENCIES
CHAPTER 686 - HOSPITALS
CHAPTER 686A - HOTELS
CHAPTER 686C - USED MOTOR VEHICLE STORAGE PLACES
CHAPTER 687A - SURETY BAIL BOND AGENTS
CHAPTER 687B - THIRD-PARTY FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES
TITLE IX: AMUSEMENTS
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
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§ 675.01 Definitions; Chapter Scope
   (a)   For purposes of this chapter:
      (1)   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses.
      (2)   "Street Vending" or "Vending" means selling, offering or displaying for sale, or soliciting another to purchase, for present or future delivery, any goods, wares, merchandise, subscriptions, services, pre-packaged frozen desserts, commercially prepackaged foods and beverages contained in displays of less than two hundred (200) cubic feet, or any combination thereof from, in, upon, along, or through the highways, streets, or sidewalks, door-to-door on residential property, or in the open air or from a temporary shelter or vending device upon private property.
      (3)   "Street Vendor" or "Vendor" means any person who engages in street vending. "Vendor" does not include itinerant vendors or itinerant wholesale produce dealers licensed under Chapter 682 or food shops or food vehicles licensed pursuant to Chapter 241, unless such food shop or food vehicle licensed under Chapter 241 vends pre-packaged frozen desserts.
      (4)   "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership or association; provided, however, that for purposes of Section 675.02, "person" shall mean a natural person only.
      (5)   "Sell" or "selling" includes barter or bartering.
      (6)   "Sidewalk" means that portion of the street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property line.
      (7)   "Street" means street, alley, highway, roadway or avenue, including all curbs along such streets.
      (8)   "Vending device" means vehicle or a container used for the sale, display or transport of goods, wares, merchandise, or commercially pre-packaged food or beverages, or equipment used for menial tasks by a vendor.
   (b)   Scope of Chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to sales made to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents in the usual course of business, to bona fide sales of goods, wares, commercially prepackaged food or beverages, or merchandise by samples for future delivery, to sales at trade shows or conventions, or to sales by charitable organizations in conjunction with solicitations for charity.
   (c)   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the distribution of non-commercial handbills, cards, leaflets, or other literature upon the sidewalks of the City.
(Ord. No. 1382-13. Passed 6-9-14, eff. 6-12-14)
§ 675.02 Street Vendor’s License Required; Application; Fee
   (a)   No person shall engage in vending anywhere in the City without a vendor's license issued under Section 675.03. The issuance of a vendor's license to a person shall not be deemed to authorize agents or employees of the person to vend without a license.
   (b)   The application for the license required by division (a) of this section shall be made to the Commissioner on forms prescribed by the Commissioner. The application shall include the following information:
      (1)   The name and address of the applicant;
      (2)   A detailed description of the goods, wares, commercially prepackaged food or beverages, or merchandise that the applicant intends to sell; and
      (3)   Such other information as the Commissioner deems necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter.
   (c)   In addition to the application required by division (a) of this section, each applicant for a vendor's license shall furnish two (2) photographs of the applicant taken within thirty (30) days before the date of application and of a size designated by the Commissioner.
   (d)   The annual license fee shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) which shall cover the period beginning August 1 and ending July 31 of the following year.
   (e)   This section shall not apply to any special event as defined under and governed by Section 133.07 of the Codified Ordinances, or to any vendor associated with that special event.
(Ord. No. 521-2024. Passed 7-10-24, eff. 7-16-24) (BOC Res. No. 377-24. Adopted 8-7-24)
§ 675.03 Street Vendor’s License: Issuance and Replacement; Fee
   (a)   Upon receipt of a completed application and all other materials required by Section 675.02, the Commissioner shall issue to the applicant a vendor’s license and a laminated identification card containing the applicant’s photograph. The identification card shall be worn by and the license shall be kept upon the person of the vendor at all times during which the vendor is engaged in vending.
   (b)   The license issued pursuant to division (a) of this section shall contain the following information:
      (1)   The vendor ‘s name and address;
      (2)   A detailed description of the goods, wares, commercially prepackaged food or beverages, or merchandise which the vendor is authorized to sell;
      (3)   The license number and the license expiration date.
   (c)   In the event that a licensed vendor loses the laminated identification card issued pursuant to division (a) of this section, the Commissioner shall issue a replacement identification card upon payment by the vendor of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
(Ord. No. 1657-11. Passed 11-28-11, eff. 11-28-11)
§ 675.04 Permits Required
   A permit is required in each of the following circumstances when vending is occurring upon the highways, streets, or sidewalks, or to business invitees upon or from private property:
   (a)   No person shall engage in vending upon or from private property anywhere in the City without a permit issued in accordance with Section 675.05;
   (b)   No person shall engage in vending upon or from a fixed location on a sidewalk within the Central Business District without a permit issued in accordance with Chapter 508 or without a permit issued in accordance with Section 675.06;
   (c)   No person shall engage in vending while moving continuously from place to place on the highways, streets or sidewalks of the Central Business District without a permit issued in accordance with Section 675.061;
   (d)   No person shall engage in vending upon or from a fixed location on a sidewalk outside of the Central Business District without a permit issued in accordance with Section 675.07;
   (e)   No person shall engage in vending while moving continuously from place to place on the highways, streets, or sidewalks outside of the Central Business District without a permit issued in accordance with Section 675.08.
(Ord. No. 1382-13. Passed 6-9-14, eff. 6-12-14)
§ 675.041 Street Vendors Advisory Committee
   There is established a Street Vendors Advisory Committee consisting of three (3) members of Council, one (1) of whom shall be designated as chairman, appointed by the President of Council; one (1) member of the Division of Police, appointed by the Chief of Police; and one (1) Assistant Director of Law, appointed by the Director of Law. The Committee shall assist vendors licensed under Section 675.03 to resolve problems relating to street sales and may communicate to the Council recommendations for the amendment of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 210-11. Passed 4-25-11, eff. 4-25-11)
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