(a) Permits and Fees; Participation.
(1) Each resident merchant must obtain a permit through the Building Department.
(2) A ten dollar ($10.00) fee will be charged for this permit.
(3) Only local merchants and established businesses with permanent City addresses will be permitted to participate in the sidewalk sale.
(4) Prior to the sidewalk sale, the City must be provided with written approval from the shopping center owner stating that he or she consents to and authorizes the sidewalk sale.
(b) Hours of Sales; Number of Sales; Security; Permitted Districts.
(1) Hours of the sidewalk sale are limited to 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(2) All merchandise is to be returned to the interior of the stores by 8:00 p.m.
(3) Only one sidewalk sale per calendar year is permitted. Each sale will last three days only.
(4) All stores located in a shopping center must have their sidewalk sales on the same date, within the prescribed time frame.
(5) Each participating store or business owner must have at least one employee working the sidewalk sale at all times. Any shopping center with ten or more merchants participating in the sidewalk sale must, at the merchant's own expense, provide one police officer (or more, if needed) for additional security.
(6) Fire lanes must be maintained at all times.
(7) Sidewalk sales are permitted only in U-4 and U-4(A) zoning districts.
(c) Merchandise Displays.
(1) Merchandise must be displayed on racks, tables or similar displays in the store front only. Sales from booths, cars, parking lots, City sidewalks or City streets are not permitted. Racks are not to impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic or shopping center parking and must be arranged in an orderly manner.
(2) Any and all merchandise sold at the sidewalk sale must come directly from theparticipating store's inventory on hand.
(d) Miscellaneous Restrictions; Advertising.
(1) Any sale of food is limited to those restaurants which are established in the participating shopping center.
(2) No outdoor preparation of food is permitted. Food may only be sold outdoors and the resident merchant selling the food outdoors must comply with all Department of Health rules and regulations.
(3) No personal or professional services, including, but not limited to, haircutting, are permitted to be performed outside the establishment. All professional or personal services are to be performed in the physical confines of the businesses.
(4) Sale of alcoholic beverages outdoors is prohibited.
(5) "Going Out of Business" sidewalk sales are prohibited.
(6) Advertising for the sidewalk sale, other than written, is limited to the participating merchants' store fronts only. Any and all written advertising must conform to the City's sign ordinance.
(Ord. 1999-18. Passed 7-6-99.)