873.02 LICENSE; NECESSITY.
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal or agent, to engage in business as a transient merchant in the City without having first obtained a license in the manner provided.
   (b)   A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall not give permission for the transient merchant to conduct or set up business in the City, Livingston County, or State of Michigan rights-of-ways within the City. A transient merchant must set up business on private property, with the permission of the property owner, in an area zoned for the type of activity in which the transient merchant is engaged, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable requirements set out in Section 6.19 of the Howell Zoning Code. Further, a transient merchant may set up business on any sidewalk area in the Central Business District, as zoned, with permission of the property owner who abuts the sidewalk area so affected. The transient merchant must set up the area used for the business and leave no less than a five foot pedestrian access as established by City ordinance. The transient merchant shall not block visibility at intersections or corners of streets and must not pose any safety hazard to the public whatsoever.
   (c)   The area in which the transient merchant sets up business shall not diminish or reduce the number of parking spaces so required, if any, in the area or locale in which the transient merchant sets up business, pursuant to the Howell City Zoning Code.
(Ord. 749. Passed 10-20-03; Ord. 797. Passed 3-26-07.)