Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes additional Special Vending Approvals for the October Madison Night Market and a new event, Fontana Sports Sidewalk Sale.
A Special Event Resolution is required for special events that occur anywhere in the City where an ordinance restricts vending to certain types of food or articles, or only from assigned sites. This resolution allows for three exceptions to vending ordinances restrictions.
• Suspension of rules - event sponsor requests suspension of the “homemade/handcrafted” vending rules in the Mall/Concourse area.
• Selection of vendors - authorizes event sponsors to select vendors for the event and requires they obtain a Special Event Vending License
• Invalidation of vending licenses & TEM permits - licensees with assigned sites and TEM permit holders inside the event perimeter cannot operate from the assigned site during the event, unless specifically exempted.
Under MGO 9.13(2)(c), Special Event Vending Licenses are issued for event vendors in the name of the event sponsor. Approval of this resolution will result in $400 additional City revenue from the Special Event Vending Licenses. Other actions authorized in this resolution do not result in a fiscal impact.
Title
Granting additional Special Vending Approvals under MGO 9.136(1)(k) as detailed on the accompanying special event resolution table.
Body
WHEREAS, Section 9.136 of the Madison General Ordinances (“MGO”) and the regulations adopted therein regulate street vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse, which includes food carts, arts and crafts vendors, sidewalk cafes and merchant vendors (“Street vending”); and Section 9.54 creates permits and sites for the use of tables, expressive vending and mobile vending for certain protected first amendment activities (“TEM permits”); and
WHEREAS, Section 9.136(1)(k) creates procedures to temporarily change the rules for street vending and TEM permits during special events, with permissio...
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