Fiscal Note
There may be some additional General Fund revenues generated from licensing fees, but any such amounts would likely be minimal.
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Amending the "Regulations Governing Vending on the State Street Mall/Concourse" to allow first-time food vendors to be eligible for vacant food vending sites on the Mall/Concourse during the winter vending season following their completion of the Fall Food Review, and clarifying the procedure for filling vacant and unoccupied sites and different stages during the vending season.
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1. D. Unassigned Food Vending Sites Available to Qualified Returning Vendors. If any food vending sites remain unassigned (for upcoming vending season) after the completion of the Fall Food Vending Review, but before March 31, qualified returning food vendors may apply for the unassigned site(s) by filing an application under sec. XI. This procedure is only available through March 31 and applications must be filed by March 31 to qualify for this procedure. Any such unassigned sites in the upcoming vending season may be filled by a qualified returning food vendor upon the recommendation of the Street Vending Coordinator with the approval of the Vending Oversight Committee ("VOC") and the decision must be made with notice to the applicant by April 15. The process under this paragraph shall not be used if more than one returning vendor applies for the same vacant site. A "qualified returning food vendor" under this paragraph is one who meets the following criteria:
1. The vendor must have participated in the previous season's Fall Food Vending Review, or Spring Review if one was conducted, and obtained a score of 70 or higher, or a satisfactory score under previous scoring systems; and
2. There must be no significant changes to the cart or apparatus; and
3. There must be no significant changes to the menu; and
4. The vendor must not have received any citations, complaints, or demerits within the last 12 month...
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