A. No retail stand shall be placed within one hundred feet or fronting a property of a business which specializes in an item that the retail stand offers for sale unless the applicant owns the establishment or has written consent from the proprietor of the establishment, e.g., a retail stand selling ice cream may not be located within one hundred feet of an established ice cream parlor. This one-hundred-foot distance restriction shall be measured using the distance of the route of access between the two uses (the route someone would walk or drive).

B. The distance requirement of subsection A of this section may be reduced or waived if the street merchant is locating adjacent to a key pedestrian intersection and in a designated pedestrian plaza designed to accommodate a street merchant, or other circumstance related to the context of the application that make a lesser buffer appropriate to meet the intent of this chapter.

C. Each retail stand shall be placed so it does not obstruct or impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

D. Each retail stand shall be limited to its approved locations.

E. Only one retail stand site shall be approved for each pedestrian plaza or pocket park or parking lot unless the approving authority finds that additional stand(s) would be consistent with the intent of this chapter to promote the pedestrian experience and will not adversely impact pedestrian or vehicular circulation or be detrimental to the intent and vision for the surrounding zone.

F. Any retail stand located in a parking lot shall comply with the following minimum standards:

G. No retail stand shall be located within eight feet of an abutting property. (Ord. 1539 §117, 2019; Ord. 1435 §6, 2014; Ord. 1163 §1, 2001).