Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required.
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Authorizing amendments to the "Regulations Governing Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse" to create a requirement for sidewalk cafes and merchant vendors to sweep the sidewalk before setting up their equipment
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WHEREAS, Under sec. 9.13(6) of the Madison General Ordinances, the Vending Oversight Committee (VOC) is empowered to promulgate regulations not inconsistent with Sec. 9.13, governing the sale of goods and personally prepared food on the State Street Mall and Capitol Concourse; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sec. 9.13 the Common Council must approve the regulations promulgated by the VOC; and
WHEREAS, the regulations are published in documents entitled "Regulations Governing Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse;" and
WHEREAS, at a public meeting on August 28, 2013, the VOC promulgated amendments to these Regulations to require sidewalk cafes and merchant vendors to sweep and remove debris from the sidewalk that corresponds to their business if they set up before 9:30 a.m. (i.e. before the mall crew has a chance to sweep);
WHEREAS, said amendments are set forth in this Resolution using underlines to show new text and strike-outs to show deleted text;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves the following amendment to the "Regulations Governing Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse" recommended by the Vending Oversight Committee:
Creating new subsection E. of Section XIII., "SIDEWALK CAFES AND MERCHANT VENDORS - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS," of the Regulations Governing Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse as follows:
E. If a Sidewalk Café licensee or Merchant Vendor chooses to set up their café or merchant vending equipment before 9:30 a.m., the license holder must sweep and remove all debris and litter from the entire sidewalk area that corresponds to the street frontage of their place of business.