City of Philadelphia - File #: 150503

• File #: 150503
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 5/21/2015
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Final action: 6/18/2015
• Title: Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by amending and further clarifying the definitions section.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Henon
• Indexes: FARMERS' MARKETS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/30/2015	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/18/2015	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	15:0
6/11/2015	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/11/2015	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/11/2015	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/8/2015	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/8/2015	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
6/8/2015	0	Committee on Streets and Services	AMENDED
6/8/2015	1	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
5/21/2015	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title

Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Farmers’ Markets,” by amending and further clarifying the definitions section.

Body

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 9-213. Farmers’ Markets.

(1) Definitions

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                     (b)     Farmers’ Market.  An area where on designated days and times, growers and producers of horticultural and agricultural products sell those products directly to the public.

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(d)   Farmers’ Market Vendor.  A[ny] person or entity who exhibits, displays, offers for sale or sells [any] exclusively horticultural or agricultural products, baked goods, prepared foods, or handmade products  from any stand while at a Farmer’s Market.

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(h)    Farmers’ Market Sponsor.  A person or entity designated by the Farmers Market Entity as a supporter of the Farmers’ Market because it provides financial or other tangible support to the Farmers’ Market.

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(10)                     Other Prohibited Conduct. No Farmers' Market [e]Entity or Farmers' Market [v]Vendor shall:

                     (a)   conduct itself or its business in such a way as would restrict or interfere with the ingress or egress of the abutting owner or tenant, or in such a way as would create or become a nuisance or hazard to public health, safety or welfare, or increase traffic congestion or delay, or constitute an obstruction to adequate access to fire, police, or sanitation vehicles;

                     (b)   leave any stand unattended on a sidewalk at any time; [or]

                     (c)   conduct Farmers' Market operations between eleven (11) p.m. and six (6) a.m.; or

                     (d)   permit any person or entity that is not either a Farmers’ Market Vendor or a Farmers’ Market Sponsor to exhibit, sell or dispense products or otherwise conduct business at a Farmers’ Market.  Farmers’ Market Sponsors may sell goods and services other than those goods permitted to be sold by Farmers’ Market Vendors pursuant to subsection (1)(d), but such activity may not occupy more than ten percent of the exhibit space (as measured in feet of stand frontage) at any Farmers’ Market.

SECTION 2.  This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted. 

Italics indicate new matter added.

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