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Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors and Section 9-205 relating to sidewalk sales, by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of Callowhill and Sixteenth streets and creating a special vendor district on certain portions of Callowhill street, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
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§9-203. Street Vendors.
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(7) Prohibited Conduct. No vendor or person shall:
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(b) stop, stand or park his vehicle or conveyance on a street nor permit it to remain there except on the roadway at the curb for the purpose of selling goods, wares, and merchandise therefrom[: except at the following locations, no such street vending shall be allowed:
(.1) Cedar Park avenue from 6900-7100 on both sides].
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(o) stop, stand or park his vehicle or conveyance for the purpose of selling any goods, wares and merchandise on the following roadways:
(.1) Cedar Park avenue from 6900-7100 on both sides;
(.2) 1600 and 1700 blocks of Callowhill street on both sides;
(.3) Sixteenth street between Vine street and Hamilton street on both sides.
(p) A special street vendor district is created on Callowhill street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. The following provisions shall apply to such special district.
(.1) The Department shall designate two (2) permitted street vendor locations for the placement of one truck per vendor within the special district. No street vendor may vend within the special district unless such vendor has been assigned by the Department to a particular location within the special district, which permitted location is non-transferable and may only be used by the specific vendor assigned to that location.
(.2) The Department shall determine which street vendors shall be assigned to the two (2) permitted locations within the special district by giving priority to street vendors according to the length of time they have conducted licensed street vending operations in the immediate vicinity of the district. The two (2) vending assignments shall only be granted to businesses that have no affiliation with one another. In the event either of the locations is permanently vacated by a vendor, the Department may assign a new vendor to a location within the district off of a waiting list maintained by the Department.
(.3) Any street vendor licensed to vend in the special district must, in addition to fulfilling all other requirements for the licensing of street vendors generally, agree to such conditions regarding handbilling and verbal solicitation for the purpose of advertising or recommending the vendor's product or services within two blocks of the street vendor's location as may be required by the Department of Licenses and Inspections.
(.4) Vendors within the special district shall meet the requirements of subsections (8)(c) and (8)(d) of this Section.
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(c) To reimburse the City for the loss of parking meter revenue and for the additional cost of regulation occasioned by creation of the special district, street vendors assigned to locations within the special district shall pay an annual fee of three thousand (3,000) dollars to include [to] the street vendor [the] license fee imposed under §9-203(3)(b).
(d) Street vendors within the special district shall be subject to all provisions applicable to street vendors generally, as provided in this section and any other provision of this Code or other applicable law.
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§9-205. Sidewalk Sales.
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(8) Prohibited Conduct. No vendor or person shall:
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(p) exhibit, display, offer for sale or sell any goods, wares, or merchandise or place or allow any stand to remain on the sidewalks of the following streets or any other location which the Council shall from time to time ordain:
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(.351) The 1600 block of Callowhill street.
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Explanation:
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.
Italics indicate new matter added.
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