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Amending Section 9-206 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Sidewalk Vendors in Neighborhood Business Districts,” by creating the Woodland Avenue Business District for Sidewalk Vending; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 9-206 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§9-206. Sidewalk Vendors in Neighborhood Business Districts.
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(10) Designated Neighborhood Business Districts.
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(h) Woodland Avenue Business District for Sidewalk Vending.
(.1) Definition of District. The Woodland Avenue Business District for Sidewalk Vending shall consist of both sides of Woodland Avenue from 48th Street on the north to 58th Street on the south.
(.2) Number and location of permitted sidewalk vendors. Within the Woodland Avenue Business District for Sidewalk Vending, a maximum of ninety (90) sidewalk vendor locations shall be permitted, with the number of sidewalk vendors along each blockface as follows:
(A) Fourteen (14) sidewalk vendor locations on the south side of Woodland Avenue between 48th and 50th streets;
(B) Four (4) sidewalk vendor locations on the north side of Woodland Avenue between 48th and 50th streets;
(C) Eleven (11) sidewalk vendor locations on the south side of Woodland Avenue between 50th and 52nd streets;
(D) Three (3) sidewalk vendor locations on the north side of Woodland Avenue between 50th and 52nd streets;
(E) Nine (9) sidewalk vendor locations on the south side of Woodland Avenue between 52nd and 54th streets;
(F) Thirteen (13) sidewalk vendor locations on the north side of Woodland Avenue between 52nd and 54th streets;
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(G) Five (5) sidewalk vendor locations on the south side of Woodland Avenue between 54th and 56th streets;
(H) Twelve (12) sidewalk vendor locations on the north side of Woodland Avenue between 54th and 56th streets;
(I) Eleven (11) sidewalk vendor locations on the south side of Woodland Avenue between 56th and 58th streets; and
(J) Eight (8) sidewalk vendor locations on the north side of Woodland Avenue between 56th and 58th streets.
(.3) Permitted Vending Stand Dimensions and Design. Vending stands shall conform to the requirements of Section 9-206(8), except that stands must meet the following exact dimensions: seventy-eight and five-sixteenth inches (78 and 5/16”) in height; eighty-four inches (84”) in length; and forty-eight inches (48”) in width.
(.4) Selection of vendors. Applicants for vendor sites within this District shall be selected by the organization Southwest District Services.
(.5) No Vendor shall:
(A) conduct him/herself or his/her business in such a way as would restrict or interfere with the ingress or egress of pedestrians or the abutting owner or tenants, 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, sanitation or emergency vehicles;
(B) vend within ten (10) feet of another sidewalk vendor location;
(C) also conduct sales as the owner or tenant of a property located within the District;
(D) conduct sales utilizing more than three (3) sales people at a time or allow non-customers to congregate at or around the sidewalk vending location;
(E) leave any stand or conveyance unattended at any time; except that after its business operations for each day have ceased, the stand may be left at its assigned location;
(F) load or unload merchandise for a period exceeding twenty
minutes;
(G) conduct sales between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.;
(H) vend within ten (10) feet of the legal building lines;
(I) vend within fifteen (15) feet upstream (in the direction from which vehicular traffic in the nearest curbside lane approaches) of any bus stop sign;
(J) vend within ten (10) feet of mailboxes, telephones, benches, planters and trees;
(K) vend within ten (10) feet upstream of any pedestrian street crossing;
(L) vend within ten (10) feet of any alley or driveway;
(M) vend within ten (10) feet of where curbs have been depressed to facilitate pedestrian or vehicular movement;
(N) vend in front of any loading dock or loading ramp;
(O) vend in a location other than the assigned location;
(P) conduct any commercial activity other than the sale of goods, wares, merchandise bus
(Q) vend at any location which would reduce the unobstructed pedestrian right-of-way to less than six and one-half (6 1/2) feet, such width not to include the width of any grate;
(R) vend on any portion of a sidewalk directly in front of any building entrance;
(S) vend within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
SECTION 2. Effective date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
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Explanation:
Italics indicate matter added.
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