| | MANAGER'S REPORT:
This ordinance would amend the City and Borough Code relating to sidewalk and street vending. With respect to sidewalk vending, the ordinance would amend CBJ 42.20.210 to clarify that persons with sidewalk vending permits are exempt from the off-street solicitation provision. With respect to street vending, the ordinance would allow the use of both carts and vehicles, and would eliminate the prohibition against vending from parking spaces in certain areas.
As to both street and sidewalk vending permits, the ordinance would:
1. increase the monthly permit fee from $100 to $150 for sidewalk vending permits and from $150 to $200 for street vending permits;
2. allow a 25% increase in allowable vendor space size from 15 to 20 square feet;
3. require vendors to provide proof of “open flame” permits when appropriate; and
4. specify that goods handcrafted or characteristic of the heritage or culture of Southeast Alaskan Natives sold directly by the artist are one type of goods allowed to be sold with a permit.
The primary difference between version (b) of the ordinance, included in your packet, and the ordinance originally introduced is that the elimination of the street vending permit provisions, as was originally proposed, has been reversed. This version leaves the street vending permit provisions of the code intact, save for the changes identified above, as requested by the Committee of the Whole at its April 14, 2014 meeting. | |