Sec. 7-223. Annual fee.

   (a)   Except as provided in subsection (b), every adult care home or facility licensed by the city shall pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars ($50.00). The license fee shall accompany the application for license. No adult care license shall be renewed unless the annual fee required for such license has been paid. All adult care home licenses will expire on December 31 and must be renewed annually thereafter.

   (b)   When the adult care home or facility has not previously been licensed by the city, the fee for the first year shall be determined as follows:

   (1)   For licenses issued on or before March 31, the fee is fifty dollars ($50.00).

   (2)   For licenses issued between April 1 and June 30, the fee is thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($37.50).

   (3)   For licenses issued between July 1 and September 30, the fee is twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

   (4)   For licenses issued between October 1 and December 31, the fee is twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50).

(Ord. No. 6820, § 1, 10-26-87; Ord. No. 9661, § 1, 1-28-02)

Sec. 7-224. Violations declared a civil infraction.

Any violation of the provisions of this article shall be a civil infraction.

(Ord. No. 6820, § 1, 10-26-87)

   Charter References: Violations of Charter and ordinances, ch. XXV, § 5.

   Cross References: General penalty, § 1-8; administrative hearing office to hear and decide violations deemed to be civil infractions, § 28-2(2).

Secs. 7-225--7-299. Reserved.

ARTICLE XIII. STREET FAIRS*

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*   Editors Note: Section 2 of Ord. No. 7299, adopted Oct. 23, 1989, renumbered former § 7-218 as § 7-300, thus implicitly renumbering former art. XI as art. XIII.

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Sec. 7-300. Definitions.

   For the purposes of this article, unless the context plainly requires otherwise, the following terms or phrases are defined as:

   Event animal means an animal that the street fair sponsor has approved or permitted for participation in the street fair event.

   Service animal means any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability, including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items. Animals are considered service animals regardless of whether they have been licensed or certified by a state or local government.

   Street fair means an open-air marketplace event, having a duration not exceeding five (5) consecutive days, the boundaries of which have been set by the city for use by street fair vendors selected as set forth in section 7-301 and in which:

   (1)   Public access to the city streets and alleys is curtailed by city action designating the specific portions of streets and alleys to be utilized for a specific time for street fair purposes only; and

   (2)   Public access to city sidewalks is curtailed by city action limiting use of the sidewalks to pedestrian traffic only and prohibiting vending to, from or upon those sidewalks during the specific time set for the street fair.

   Working animal means a horse or a dog that is used by a law enforcement agency, that is trained for law enforcement work and that is under the control of its handler.

(Ord. No. 10789, § 1, 5-18-10)

Sec. 7-301. Street fair vendors.

   (a)   Street fair vendors of food and beverages shall be selected by the street fair sponsor so as to make available as wide a variety as possible, subject, however, to reasonable limitation in accord with size of the fair and applicable provisions of state law and/or city ordinances; however, the city shall, pursuant to its authority under A.R.S. § 4-203.02, approve no more than one (1) alcoholic beverage booth for each eight hundred (800) linear feet of right-of-way occupied by arts and crafts booths.

   (b)   Street fair vendors of products other than food and beverages shall be selected by the street fair sponsor pursuant to a juried system approved by the city which is accepted as customary and usual for selecting vendors on the basis of standards of quality and competence in the creation or production of types of items being sold by the vendors that have applied in a particular category.

   (c)   No product, goods, merchandise, food or beverage shall be sold at a street fair unless the vendor has been selected by the street fair sponsor as provided in subsections (a) and (b) above and the vendor is licensed as a street fair vendor pursuant to section 19-41(c)(2) or is subject to the exemption of subsection (d) below.

   (d)   Exemption. Every person who is currently licensed by the city under any provision of chapter 19 of the Tucson Code and either (a) is also selected as a street fair vendor by the street fair sponsor and/or (b) has a permanent place of business operating within the street fair boundaries conducting its regular and usual business operations shall not be subject to the prohibitions of subsection (c) above.

(Ord. No. 6131, § 1, 12-3-84; Ord. No. 7299, § 2, 10-23-89; Ord. No. 7932, § 1, 10-26-92; Ord. No. 9693, § 1, 4-15-02; Ord. No. 10448, § 12, 9-5-07, eff. 1-1-08; Ord. No. 10789, § 2, 5-18-10)

Sec. 7-302. Animals prohibited; exceptions.

   (a)   Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall cause or allow any animal under that person's control to enter or remain in the boundaries of a street fair during the time designated for use by the street fair.

   (b)   The prohibition in subsection (a) only applies when signs providing reasonable notice of the prohibition are in place at each public entrance to the street fair.

   (c)   The prohibition described in subsection (a) does not apply to event animals, service animals, or working animals.

(Ord. No. 10789, § 3, 5-18-10)