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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article III: Sales Businesses, Chapter 719: Vendors and Peddlers, by amending subsection 719.04(c):
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article III: Sales Businesses, Chapter 719: Vendors and Peddlers, by amending subsection 719.04(c) as follows:
§ 719.04 - LOUD NOISES, SPEAKING DEVICES, SIGNS, GOODS, SMOKE, STRONG ODORS AND DISPOSAL OF TRASH.
(a) No vendor, peddler, vehicular vendor, nor any person on his or her behalf, shall blow a horn, or use any device, except a ring of a bell, including any loud speaking radio or sound amplifying system upon any of the streets, alleys, parks or other public places of the City or upon any private premises in the City where sound of sufficient volume is emitted or produced therefrom to be capable of being plainly heard upon the streets, avenues, alleys, parks or other public places, for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares or merchandise which the licensee proposes to sell.
(b) Vendors and vehicular vendors shall be permitted signs attached to their vehicle or vending unit in compliance with the then existing zoning ordinance regulating same. At present, signs measuring up to two (2) feet by two (2) feet are permitted within the zoning ordinance. Signs may not be placed on walls or on the public right-of-way.
(c) Vendors and vehicular vendors shall only be permitted to sell goods that can be contained on, in or under their vehicle or vending unit. The vehicle or vending unit shall be capable of mobility at all times. The size of the vending unit shall not be larger than eleven (11) feet high, twenty-four (24) feet long and eight (8) four (4) feet wide except as provided for in subsection (f).
(d) All vendors, peddlers, and vehicular vendors shall comply with all applicable Allegheny County Health Department regulations regarding smoke and odor control.
(e) The Director of the Department of Public Works or his/her assign, upon approval from the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, shall review and approve each vehicle or vending unit to be used by each permitted vendor and vehicular vendor prior to the authorization and issuance of each vending permit by the Chief of the Bureau of Building Inspection or his/her assign. A picture and the size of each vehicle or vending unit must be provided to the Director of the Department of Public Works or his/her assign during the application process.
(f) Vendors and vehicular vendors may apply to the Department of Public Works for an exception to the vending unit size constraints enumerated in subsection (c).
(g) All vendors and vehicular vendors shall be accompanied by a metal or rigid plastic trash container(s) with a thirty-gallon combined minimum capacity if the vendor is selling a product that generates trash. In addition, vendors shall also be responsible for maintaining and cleaning a twenty-five (25) foot perimeter surrounding the designated location of the vending unit or vehicle.