Title
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 busi...
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