Chapter 5.40
TRANSIENT BUSINESS ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Sections:
5.40.010 Transient business on designated city-owned property and public rights-of-way.
5.40.010 Transient business on designated city-owned property and public rights-of-way.
Transient business on designated city-owned property and public rights-of-way shall be conducted in accordance with the following conditions or specifications:
(1) Specifically designated city-owned property on which transient businesses may conduct business shall be limited to the Boardwalk and a portion of the Preway as identified in Exhibit 1.
(2) Designated city-owned property does not extend to city parking lots or other public properties.
(3) All local and state licenses (including food safety mobile food unit license as applicable) must be obtained prior to operating a transient business. This includes a city business license, which must be renewed annually, and a city right-of-way use permit, which will remain valid as long as the business license does not expire.
(4) When operating adjacent to or on a sidewalk, a minimum unobstructed pedestrian passage area of 36 inches must be maintained at all times; avoid creating safety hazards for pedestrians and vehicles.
(5) All transient businesses must be self-contained. The discharge of gray water or grease on site, or in a city storm drain, is prohibited. No electrical cords, ropes or other devices that may constitute a trip and fall hazard shall extend across any sidewalk or pedestrian way.
(6) Occasionally, the city issues permits for festivals and parades. Such permits shall supersede the use of the right-of-way for a transient business within the area subject to the event permit and within 300 feet or a block, whichever is greater, of the area subject to the event permit unless separate approval has been granted by the event operator.
(7) Business shall not be conducted in any area of the city which is predominantly residential. However, transient businesses, such as ice cream trucks, may make sales in residential districts as long as they are not in one location for more than 15 minutes.
(8) A transient business shall not be within 10 feet of the entrance of a building where business is being conducted. A transient business shall not be conducted within 50 feet of the following: any restaurant, if selling food; a flower shop, if selling flowers, etc.
(9) All areas around the business activity must be kept in a neat and orderly condition, free of debris and litter generated by business activities or patrons. The vendor must provide a litter receptacle for use by their patrons at the site where business is taking place and all trash must be removed upon departing the site. All transient business carts must be removed when the vendor is no longer operating/selling their goods.
(10) There shall be no sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages at any time on public property or right-of-way.
(11) At all times during the conduct of business a motorized vendor vehicle must be legally parked; the motorized vendor vehicle shall not be parked on the sidewalk, the Boardwalk, or the Preway, obstruct a pedestrian way or a driveway, or create any type of hazard. Sales from a motorized vendor must be from curbside.
(12) In order to eliminate fire hazard, propane or combustible fuel of any type are not permitted on the Boardwalk.
(13) One sandwich board type sign may be placed on the right-of-way adjacent to the transient business, subject to the 36-inch clearance indicated above.
(14) Transient businesses, motorized or non-motorized, are not permitted to conduct business on U.S. Highway 101.
(15) Transient businesses shall not locate on the Boardwalk in such a manner as to block access or the view of the water for the pedestrians using the Boardwalk.
(16) The following certificates of insurance are required:
(a) Automobile liability (if a motorized vehicle).
(b) Comprehensive general liability with limits of not less than $1,000,000 and listing the city of Coos Bay as an additional insured.
(17) All city staff is authorized to enforce the above conditions. Failure to comply with any of the above listed conditions when operating on property or rights-of-way controlled by the city of Coos Bay will result in the revocation of your business license and a fine of up to $500.00. [Ord. 568 § 2, 2023].
Exhibit 1
[Ord. 568 Exh. 1, 2023].