The City Council hereby determines that on certain dates, congestion in the city of a part of the city will be too great to permit transient merchants or a particular type of transient merchant to conduct sales within that area. The City Clerk may limit the number and type of transient merchant licenses in a particular area based on projected traffic and pedestrian safety in such cases, the Mayor may determine that all transient merchants or a class thereof shall only sell goods in a particular area. The City Clerk may limit the number and type of licenses available for use in the congested area. The City Clerk may requires sales to be made by peddlers only from stationary locations on designated portions of the city’s right-of-way or other conditions that serve to enhance public safety in congested areas. The City Clerk shall provide notice to persons who apply for or who have transient merchant license that such licensee is invalid for the times and places stated in the City Clerk’s determination. Such notice shall inform such persons of the conditions, if any, and procedure for requesting permission to sell in the congested area. If more than the number of licenses determined by the City Clerk to be available for sales in a congested area are requested, the Clerk shall conduct a lottery for the license use on that date and times. No person shall engage in the business of transient merchant at a time or location for which the City Clerk has determined that permits are limited or in violation of the terms of the congested area conditions, unless such person’s license has been validated for sales in a congested area.
(Ord. 1658, passed 3-22-1999; Am. Ord. 2287, passed 7-25-2011; Am. Ord. 2358, passed 7-17-2012)