Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, a permit shall not be required to conduct business on a city street or sidewalk under the following circumstances:
A. Sales of food, beverages or merchandise and/or the rentals of equipment or other things when undertaken by a city employee acting in the course and scope of his or her employment;
B. Sales of merchandise, such as t-shirts or buttons, which bear a political, religious, philosophical or ideological message when such sale is conducted in connection with and inextricably combined with the distribution of literature, the verbal articulation of a point of view or the conduct of some other activity intended to gain support for a particular cause or idea;
C. Sales or rental of merchandise made by the owner or lessee of property adjoining a public right-of-way incident to the operation of that business, provided the merchandise is removed from the sidewalk when the business is closed, and provided the sidewalk is not blocked by the merchandise.
D. Sales of any food, beverages or merchandise and/or rentals of equipment or other things on and from city property for a period of time not exceeding three (3) days, when conducted during a community event sponsored by the local chamber of commerce, business improvement district, or other public and/or non-profit organization, and provided that the permit required by the sponsoring agency has been obtained.
(Ord. 679, 1998)