[Ord. No. 510,
§ 1, 5-17-1985; Ord. No. 1095, § I, 11-25-2014]
In order to ensure public safety before and during parades,
the following regulations pursuant to MGL c. 10, § 22, are
hereby enacted. The Commissioner of Public Services shall designate
specified areas for vending along the proposed route of every parade
held in the City.
[Ord. No. 510,
§ 1, 5-17-1985]
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct vending activities
in conjunction with parades except as follows.
[Ord. No. 510,
§ 1, 5-17-1985; Ord. No. 1095, § II, 11-25-2014]
In order for the Commissioner of Public Services to determine
the appropriate location of vending areas, the organizers of every
parade, including City agencies, shall notify the Commissioner of
Public Services and Police Chief, 90 days in advance of the date of
parade of the proposed parade route.
[Ord. No. 510,
§ 1, 5-17-1985; Ord. No. 1095, § III, 11-25-2014]
The Commissioner of Public Services shall notify interested
vendors by publication in a newspaper at least 45 days in advance
of the date of a parade that vending areas for that parade have been
determined and that the vending areas will be assigned by a lottery
by drawing. Said lottery shall be held no sooner than 10 days after
the date of publication. Only persons with the proper state licenses
as required by MGL c. 101 and City permits as required by ordinance,
shall be eligible for the drawing.
[Ord. No. 510,
§ 1, 5-17-1985]
All successful applicants for designated vending areas shall
pay the City an appropriate amount to defray the costs of the issuance
and production of the permit and identification.
[Ord. No. 510,
§ 1, 5-17-1985; Ord. No. 1151, § VII, 9-29-2015]
The Commissioner of Public Services shall issue a permit for
each vending area which will identify the parade, the vending areas,
the person granted the permit, and all properly licensed agents of
said persons. Each person and all agents to be employed shall be required
to wear a visible identification that indicates the parade, the vending
area, and the name and address of the person wearing the identification.
The identification shall also have a photograph of each person so
licensed.
[Ord. No. 510,
§ 1, 5-17-1985]
Fifteen minutes before a parade is schedule to begin and during the course of the parade no vending except fundraising by parade organizers shall be allowed within and/or on any roadway, street, or sidewalk, in the course of the parade route; except, all vending during the period shall be conducted at the designated vending areas as described in § 11-33.
[Ord. No. 510,
§ 1, 5-17-1985]
The Chief of Police, or his designees, and the Sealer of Weights
and Measures, shall enforce this article.
