(A) No person, firm, corporation, or other organization shall sell, display, or otherwise offer for sale any merchandise or other materials on any sidewalk, street, public right-of-way, or other public property without first obtaining approval by the City Administrator. Application for such license shall be made in writing to the City Clerk. The Clerk shall refer such application to the appropriate city departments for review and report. The application along with the appropriate department reports shall then be forwarded to the City Council or to a duly authorized representative for action to approve or disapprove.
(B) Vendors, where applicable and when located curbside or elsewhere in the public right-of-way, shall be so situated as to be in conformance with all applicable restrictions and ordinances of the city and specifically approved by the City Council or by a duly authorized representative.
(C) Persons, firms, corporations or other organizations having valid contracts with the City of Clinton authorizing activities hereinbefore described in division (A) of this section are excepted from the terms of said paragraph for the activities specifically authorized in the contract.
(D) The City Administrator reserves the right to require the relocation of any licensed vendor to a new location in the event public safety or congestion so requires, based on the discretion of the Council.
(E) Vendors who are engaged in business on private property may only do so in the following Zoning Districts as defined in the Clinton Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 159 of the Clinton Municipal Code of Ordinances: C-1 Local Commercial District, C-2 General Commercial District, C-2M General Commercial/Light Manufacturing District, PWC Parkway Commercial District, C-3 Central Business District, C-4 Planned Commercial District, C-R Commercial/Recreation District, M-1 Light Industrial District, M-2 Heavy Industrial District and M-3 Industrial Park District
(F) All vendors shall comply with all requirements of the Clinton Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 159 of this Code of Ordinances), except that transient merchants shall not be required to provide off-street parking facilities as required by § 159.065 of the Clinton Zoning Ordinance, however, if off-street parking facilities are provided the design and maintenance of said facilities shall be in accord with the specifications and standards set forth in that section.
(G) No vendor vending from a motor vehicle shall conduct his/her business in such a way as would restrict or interfere with the ingress or egress of the abutting property owner or tenant, or create or become a public nuisance, increase traffic congestion or delay, or constitute a hazard to traffic, life, or property, or an obstruction to adequate access to fire, police, sanitation, or emergency vehicles. Furthermore, no vehicle shall remain in any one place for a period longer than necessary to make a sale after having been approached or stopped for that purpose.
(Ord. 2612, passed 5-14-2019)