Notwithstanding other provisions of this code, the City Council does declare as follows:
(A) Use of public streets, sidewalks, parks, parkways, medians, lands and properties. The City Council finds and determines that the use of its public lands, which includes streets, sidewalks, parks, parkways, medians and any land or properties under its control, are for public purposes. The use of these areas are public and there is no vested right to do commercial business upon these public lands or property.
(B) Vending, peddling, selling, and/or soliciting on public lands, rights-of-way, or public property is prohibited. No person shall vend, peddle, sell, and/or solicit any merchandise, goods, or services on a public street, sidewalk, park, parkway, median, land property, or any other land or property under the control of the city, except as provided in this section.
(C) Vending, peddling, selling, and/or soliciting on public lands, rights-of-way, or property; exceptions.
(1) No person shall vend, peddle, sell, and/or solicit any merchandise, goods, or services on any publicly controlled lands, rights-of-way, or property controlled by the city, except for:
(b) For special events as determined by the City Council; or
(c) Newspapers, periodicals, maga- zines, and other constitutionally protected forms of free speech; or
(d) Sidewalk vendors as set forth in § 130.09 et seq.
(2) The City Council may determine special events as allowed under this code. The City Council may also designate which types of vendors, peddlers, sellers, and/or solicitors will be allowed to participate in these special events.
(D) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.
(‘64 Code, § 15-57) (Ord. 803, passed 1-9-92; Am. Ord. 970, passed 6-8-06; Am. Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20) Penalty, see § 10.97
Cross-reference:
Business regulations; permits required, see Ch. 110
Peddlers and vendors, see Ch. 118