§ 3-01-070. Permitted activities.

Commercial activities of sale or display of merchandise, and advertising signs, are prohibited on streets, sidewalks, and adjoining rights-of-way with the following exceptions:

(1)

Any sign advertising an adjoining residential property for sale, when located in an unimproved portion of a right-of-way.

(2)

Any advertising sign within a motor vehicle, or attached to a motor vehicle so as not to project beyond the normal contours of the vehicle.

(3)

Display of wares by a merchant or merchants in a sidewalk, other right-of-way or street where authorized by the city manager. Sales in the sidewalk or other right-of-way shall be outside the roadway, adjacent to the merchant's place of business, and shall allow sufficient area for safe and efficient pedestrian travel outside the roadway, and the display shall not create any hazard to traffic. Sales in the roadway shall involve closure of sufficient roadway for traffic safety.

(4)

Sales of food and beverage from vehicles (including trailers or carts) which travel along fixed or variable routes within the city, and which stop no longer than is necessary to complete the sale for which the stop is made, or which are stopped for a specified period of time at a city park. Any business operating such a vehicle must be licensed by the city, with routes and park sales approved by the city manager, and must be approved by the state environment department.

(5)

Advertising signs, benches or similar structures erected and maintained pursuant to a lease with the city.

(Ord. No. 1332, § 5, 4-22-08)