Mobile and Other Street Vendors - Licensing and Regulation FOR the purpose of transferring the powers of the Board of Licenses for Street Vendors to the Department of General Services; establishing a Street Vendors Advisory Board; modifying the provisions governing the classifications, issuance, terms, and renewal of licenses for street vendors; providing for all license and other fees to be set by the Board of Estimates; prohibiting the operation of mobile vendors outside of certain designated zones; providing for the designation and classification of mobile vending zones; placing a restriction on the maximum length of vehicles used by mobile vendors after certain dates; modifying the prohibitions on the operation of street vendors in residential areas, near schools, and near retail establishments selling similar products; allowing for the inclusion of certain mobile vendors near or in farmers’ markets; prohibiting the operation of mobile vendors during certain hours; prohibiting the operation of street vendors near City markets; requiring certain mobile vendors to keep detailed logbooks; prohibiting parking of private vehicles in mobile vending zones; prohibiting smoking in mobile vending vehicles; defining certain terms; creating certain exceptions; setting certain penalties; authorizing Special Parking Enforcement Officers to issue environmental citations for violations of the laws, rules, and regulations governing street vendors; correcting and clarifying related provisions; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the licensing and regulation of street vendors.

Committee

City Council

Introduced

January 13, 2014

Passed

June 16, 2014

Enactment no.

14-237