754.02 STREET VENDING LOCATION AND OPERATION RESTRICTIONS.

   Licensed street vending may be conducted within the City of Hamilton, except as follows:

   (a)    No street vending shall be conducted on, and no street vendor's display stand, table, cart, container or other appurtenance or paraphernalia shall be set up on, private property, or on the sidewalks adjacent to private property, without prior written consent of such property owner and of the owners of any property adjoining or abutting such property.

   (b)    Street vending is not permitted on High Street between the west side of the High-Main Bridge and the intersection of High Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

   (c)    Street vending is not permitted at any City Market established pursuant to Chapter 717, except for such sales permitted by, and so long as the street vendor is in complete compliance with, the provisions of all laws, regulations, and City ordinances governing said City Markets.

   (d)    Except by written permission granted by the organizer of a special event, which permission shall not be withheld based upon any political, religious, ethnic, race, disability, sexual orientation or gender related grounds, street vending is not permitted within the following areas during the period one hour before and one hour following a special event held:

      (1)    At RiversEdge Amphitheater: the area enclosed by Linden Street to the North, North Third Street to the East, Market Street to the South, and the East bank of Great Miami River to the West.

      (2)    At Third Street Plaza: the area enclosed by Race Street to the North, North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to the East, Market Street to the South, and North Second Street to the West.

   (e)    Except by written permission granted by the holder of a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 315, which permission shall not be withheld based upon any political, religious, ethnic, race, disability, sexual orientation or gender related grounds, street vending is not permitted within streets and intersections blocked for purposes related to the permit, or on any street within one City block of the permitted event and any street designated by the Chief of Police as a detour for the blocked streets and intersections.

      (Ord. 2016-4-25. Passed 4-13-16.)