All vending on public streets and sidewalks of Kent, Ohio, shall be conducted only in the designated vending areas, upon implementation of this ordinance.
(a) Category "A" license holders shall only vend in up to five (5) spaces designated by the City Service Director on Water Street, Main Street, Depeyster Street and Franklin Avenue. The City Service Director may designate less than five (5) spaces at his/her discretion. No other vehicles may park in this area during the approved vendor times. Spaces are to be obtained on an annual basis by auction in December for the following year under guidelines established by the City Service Director. The auctions shall be held at 2:00 p.m. on the first Monday of December, except for the first year, which shall be held at the discretion of the Service Director. Notice of the auction shall be published in the local newspaper at least one week prior to auction.
If not all spaces are sold at auction, remaining spaces will be sold on a first come first serve basis, with the cost being equal to the last price paid by a winning bidder in the same year. The auction for the first year of these regulations may be held whenever the Service Director directs.
(b) Category "B" license holders shall only vend on the sidewalks on: Main Street between Lincoln Street and the main bridge over the Cuyahoga River; on Water Street between Portage Street and Erie Street; on Franklin Avenue between Main Street and College Street.
(c) No vending shall take place anywhere else on the public streets in the City of Kent. (Ord. 2012-140. Passed 12-19-12.)