Fiscal Note
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To SUSPEND the handcrafted goods and personally prepared food vending restrictions on June 9, 2012 during Safety Saturday and authorizing the Madison Fire Department, as sponsor of the special event, to select vendors, vending sites and performers for the duration of the event on the 10 blocks of E. Main St., the 10 blocks of N. & S. Pinckney and the 100 block of E. Washington Ave.
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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, Safety Saturday is such a special event; and
WHEREAS, the sponsor of the event, the Madison Fire Department, wishes to suspend MGO Sec. 9.13(6)(b) regarding handcrafted, homemade goods; and
WHEREAS, no vending licenses or sidewalk cafe licenses will be invalidated and
WHEREAS, all licensed vendors holding Mall/Concourse licenses and assigned sites at the corners of E. Main and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., E. Washington Ave. and N. & S. Pinckney St., within the perimeter of the event, will be relocated to a location on the State Street Mall/Concourse Area outside the perimeter 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, the Madison Fire Department agrees to limit any vendors selected by its event to selling 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, the Madi...
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