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File #: 140740    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: LAPSED
File created: 10/2/2014 In control: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by adding a new section, permitting and regulating Pop-up Shops within designated areas, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Council President Clarke, Councilmember Blackwell
Indexes: POP-UP SHOPS
Code sections: 9-200 - Commercial Activities on Streets
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 14074000.pdf
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Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by adding a new section, permitting and regulating Pop-up Shops within designated areas, under certain terms and conditions.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 9-200. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON STREETS.

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ยง 9-215. Pop-up Shops.

(1) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this Section.

(a) Department. Unless otherwise specified by this Section, the Department of Licenses and Inspections.

(b) Pop-up Shop. An outdoor market consisting of a number of individual stalls or tables where vendors exhibit, display, offer for sale or sell new or used merchandise in an area on a regular basis, on designated days and at designated times.

(c) Pop-up Shop Vendor. A person who exhibits, displays, offers for sale or sells merchandise as part of a pop-up shop.

(2) Registration. The following requirements shall be satisfied by a pop-up shop vendor prior to operating as part of a pop-up shop.

(a) A pop-up shop vendor shall register with the Department and at that time, shall provide the following information, in a form and manner determined by the Department:

(.1) The name and address of the pop-up shop vendor;

(.2) The pop-up shop vendor's commercial activity license number;

(.3) The proposed location of the pop-up shop in which the vendor will operate, provided that such location is a permitted location under subsection 9-215(10);

(.4) The types of products to be sold by the vendor; and

(.5) Such other information required by the Department.

(3) Registration Approval.

(a) Within 30 days after receiving a completed application, the Department shall notify the pop-up shop vendor, in...

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