Fiscal Note
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Amending the “Regulations Governing Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse” and “Regulations Governing Vending in High Density Vending Areas” to replace references to the Vending Oversight Committee and MGO 9.12 with the Business and Economic Resources Committee and MGO 33.17, to coincide with the ordinance merging the VOC and EDC into the BERC.
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WHEREAS, section 9.136(1)(c) of the Madison General Ordinances empowers the Vending Oversight Committee (VOC) to create and amend regulations for street vending activities on the State Street Mall and Capitol Concourse, including sidewalk cafes, food carts, arts and crafts vendors, and merchant vending; and
WHEREAS, section 9.13(7)(a) empowers the VOC to make similar regulations for merchandise and food vending in High Density Vending Areas and to create vending sites within those areas (currently the only High Density area is around the Camp Randall stadium); and
WHEREAS, the Common Council must approve any change to these regulations by resolution; and
WHEREAS, these regulations are not part of the Madison General Ordinances but are published in documents and maps on the City’s Street Vending website currently posted at: https://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/economicdevelopment/ordinances-regulations/270/; and
WHEREAS, this Resolution is a companion to a pending ordinance amendment (Ordinance File No. 91437) to eliminate the VOC and EDC and combine their duties into a new committee called the Business and Economic Resources Committee (“BERC”) to be codified at MGO 33.17; and
WHEREAS, the BERC will assume all current duties of the Vending Oversight Committee, including duties set forth in both sets of regulations described above as well as promulgating new vending regulations; and
WHEREAS, this Resolution was referred to the VOC and the VOC recommends changes to accomplish the merging of these committees into the BERC consistent with File No. 91437, if adopted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that if the Common Council adopts the Ordinance creating the BERC (File No. 91437) then the Common Council approves and authorizes changes to the Regulations Governing Street Vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse and Governing Street Vending in the High Density Vending Area, to replace references to MGO 9.12 and the Vending Oversight Committee with references to MGO 33.17 and the Business and Economic Resources Committee; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Director of Planning and Community and Economic Development shall promptly update its public website with amended sets of both Regulations consistent with the changes authorized herein.