Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
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To SUSPEND the handcrafted goods, personally prepared food vending restrictions on June 5, 2011 from 8:00am to 4:00pm during Ride the Drive and authorizing Madison Parks Division, as sponsor of the special event, to select vendors and vending sites for the duration of this special event on the 100 block of Martin Luther King Jr., the 10 blocks of S. Pinckney, E. & W. Main Sts. and N. & S. Carroll.
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WHEREAS, Section 9.13 (6) of the Madison General Ordinances and the regulations adopted therein control street vending on the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse area; and
WHEREAS, Section 9.13 (6)(k)1. allows the Common Council to suspend specifically enumerated vending ordinances or regulations and establish alternate rules and procedures during a special event; and
WHEREAS, RIDE THE DRIVE is such a special event; and
WHEREAS, the sponsor of the event, Madison Parks Division, wishes to suspend MGO Sec. 9.13(6)(b) regarding handcrafted, homemade goods and personally prepared foods; and
WHEREAS, no vending licenses or sidewalk cafe licenses will be invalidated; and
WHEREAS, all licensed vendors holding Mall/Concourse licenses and assigned sites within the perimeter of the event will be relocated to a location on the State Street Mall/Concourse Area outside the above described area of the event pursuant to the authority in Sec. 9.13(6)(k)5; and
WHEREAS, the event sponsor wishes to select additional vendors, salespersons and vending sites to sell products during the special event; and
WHEREAS, Madison Parks Division agrees to limit any vendors selected by its event to selling food and beverages and promotional materials specifically related to the event; such as T-shirts, posters, souvenirs or other related items; and
WHEREAS, the event sponsor shall obtain a Special Event Vending License for all selected vendors, as required by sec. 9.13(2) and(3); and
WHEREAS, Madison Parks Division agrees to obtain a Str...
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