St. Louis City Revised Code Chapter 8.108A - Part III
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Chapter 8.108A VENDORS*
PART III. FESTIVAL VENDORS
Sections:8.108A.180Festival vendor license--Application.
8.108A.190Exemptions.
8.108A.200Festival vendor’s license--Term.
8.108A.210Festival vendor’s license--Contents.
8.108A.220Registration in advance.
8.108A.230Additional license and permit requirements.* Prior ordinance history: Ords. 64569 and 64712.
8.108A.180 Festival vendor license--Application.
Every individual who desires to operate a vending business at a festival, fair or parade shall make application for a festival vendor license in conformity with the provisions of this chapter relating to applications for licenses. The fee for a festival vendor’s license shall be $75.00. A non-refundable application processing fee of $25.00 shall be collected at the time of application; provided, however, that upon the granting of a license, the amount of the application fee shall be credited to the fee for said license. The sponsor of the fair, festival or parade and the vendor shall be jointly and severally liable for obtaining a festival vendor’s license from the License Collector. (Ord. 65061 § 18, 2000.)
8.108A.190 Exemptions.
Any vendor at a fair or festival which is three (3) calendar days or less in duration or any vending business which is operated at any fair, festival or parade solely for the benefit of a not-for-profit organization as defined by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be exempt from the payment of a festival vendor license fee. Festival vendors shall not be required to obtain employee identification certificates for individuals who assist the licensee in the operation of a festival vending business. Exempted festival vendors shall be required to comply with all other provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 65061 § 19, 2000.)
8.108A.200 Festival vendor’s license--Term.
A festival vendor’s license shall only be valid for the period of time during which the fair, festival or parade is held. (Ord. 65061 § 20, 2000.)
8.108A.210 Festival vendor’s license--Contents.
In addition to any other requirement contained in this chapter, the festival vendor’s license shall include name and address of sponsor of fair, festival or parade, name and address, social security number and federal identification number of organization or vendor, type of article to be sold, days of vending, and other information deemed necessary by the License Collector. (Ord. 65061 § 21, 2000.)
8.108A.220 Registration in advance.
All festival vendors shall be registered at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the fair, festival or parade at which they intend to sell goods or merchandise. The License Collector may waive this provision for good cause shown. (Ord. 65061 § 22, 2000.)
8.108A.230 Additional license and permit requirements.
No festival vendor offering any goods, wares, merchandise, food or beverage exclusively at a fair, festival or parade pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, is required to have any additional business or merchants license except for a license or permit required by the excise laws of the City. (Ord. 65061 § 23, 2000.)
8.108A.235 Sampling prohibited within festival areas.
No person shall knowingly distribute or furnish without charge, or cause to be furnished or distributed without charge any goods, wares, merchandise, flowers, horticultural products, food or beverages from a table, wagon, pushcart, handcart or other non-motorized vehicle, or from a pack, basket or similar container, or hand held display upon any public sidewalk, street, park, roadway, or roadway median within any area designated by valid City of St. Louis permit as a festival area. (Ord. 66655 § 2, 2005.)
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