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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Seven, Article III Business Licensing; Chapter 719, Vendors and Peddlers to not permit vendors of any kind doing business on Grandview Avenue and noted side streets.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1.
719.05A PERMITTED LOCATIONS.
(a) Based upon sites reviewed and approved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, the Director of the Department of Public Works or his/her assign shall compile a list of permitted locations where the presence of vending units on the sidewalk, park or trail would be compatible with the public interest in use of parks, waterway shores, trails and street and sidewalk areas as public right-of-way. The Director may consider the width of the sidewalk; the proximity and location of existing street furniture, including but not limited to signposts, lamp posts, parking meters, bus shelters, benches, phone booths, and newspaper vending devices; the presence of bus stops, truck loading zones, and taxi stands; pedestrian and vehicular traffic patterns; and other factors he/she deems relevant. The Director may modify the list as he/she deems necessary. The list shall also include a description of goods and merchandise that may and may not be sold or rented at a particular vending location. If a Council Ordinance adopting a vending site or sites pursuant to Section 719.09 specifies a description of the goods and merchandise to be sold or rented at a particular site, the Director is bound to follow the Ordinance relative to the goods and merchandise at the particular site.
(b) No permitted location shall be used by a vendor selling an item like or similar to the primary items sold by another non-vendor business within one hundred (100) feet of the permitted location, unless otherwise permitted by the non-vendor business.
(c) At the promulgation of City Council, Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections, or at the urging of community or business organizations, vendor districts, areas within a particular and contiguous geographic area, may be established in which the particulars of this ordinance may be lifted or amended by Council resolution. At the time vendor districts are established representatives of merchants, community groups, and vendors will be called upon in order to give input regarding appropriate vending activities.
(d) Vendors shall not park any vehicles for the purpose of vending, or place any materials in on-street metered parking spaces.
(e) Mobile vehicular vendors may park their vehicles in on-street metered parking spaces for the purpose of vending, or place any materials in on-street metered parking spaces if they pay the meters. Additionally, if the mobile vehicular vendor takes up more than one (1) metered spot at a time (in areas without multi-space meters), they must pay all meters occupied by their mobile vending vehicle. The vendor must follow all laws regarding metered parking and parking area time limits.
(f) Mobile vehicular vendors locating on private property, such as privately owned parking lots, do not need to obtain a mobile vending permit under this Section. However, these vehicular vendors must follow all other applicable laws to operate a business, including, but not limited to, securing an occupancy permit.
(g) Mobile vehicular vendors may not locate in Market Square, on Grandview Avenue, Shiloh Street and Virginia Avenue from Wyoming to Maple Terrace, or directly adjacent to Schenley Plaza, unless otherwise allowed through a permitted event.
(h) Vendors of any kind may not locate on Grandview Avenue, including any side street from Wyoming Street to Shaler Street, Shiloh Street and Virginia Avenue from Wyoming to Maple Terrace, unless otherwise allowed through a permitted event.