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e e e Mr. Wong said the Business Assistance Team (BATeam) had requested that considera- tion be given to making changes in the City Code regarding street vendors. He sai d that staff had prepared an amendment to the code to allow street vendi ng and that rules and regulations would be developed over the next 60 days to control such things as the time and location for such vending. Mr. Wong said that in the interim conditional licenses would be issued. Mr. Sloat said that the request for this amendment had been made by Arthur Golden and that the BATeam felt the change was appropriate because it would make Eugene's ordinance more like those of other Oregon cities, because it would provide a legitimate avenue for those wishing to start small businesses, and because a number of unregulated street vending activities are currently occurring in the City. He said staff recognized that regulations would need to be developed to accompany the amendment to control such things as the time, place, and manner of street vending. Responding to questions from Councilor Holmer, Tim Sercombe, City Attorney's Office, said that the change in Section 4.860 of the ordinance was proposed since the language was vague and the topic of amusements on public streets would be covered elsewhere in the code. Mr. Sercombe said that under Section 3.345 of the ordinance, only written orders for future delivery would be required to be made in duplicate, and duplicates of orders for present conveyance would not be required. Councilor Wooten asked how the ordinance would apply to flower vendors. She wondered if the owner of a street-corner flower vending business with a number of people working for him/her would need to get separate licenses for each vendor. Ms. Grondona responded that each vendor would need a license. Responding to further questions from Ms. Wooten, Ms. Grondona said that licenses would be issued through the Business License Office and that the City Manager would issue rules governing street vending. Councilor Wooten asked what effect the ordinance would have on vending on the downtown mall. Mr. Sercombe responded that the regulations to be developed would probably exclude the mall and City Parks from coverage by the ordinance, since these areas are governed by existing, separate regulations and processes. Mr. Sercombe noted that the proposed regulations for the street vending ordinance would be brought to the council for information and comment. Councilor Wooten felt that the proposed ordinance was a good idea and would bring vitality to the City and encourage small business development. Councilor Hansen asked if regulations would be developed to prevent vendors from locating in such a way as to compete with existing businesses. Mr. Sercombe said this will need to be examined. He said vendors would not be allowed to locate in such a way as to prevent or limit access to commercial operations. He noted, however, that there were anti-trust concerns with the City's attempting to limit competition. Mr. Hansen said he was concerned with a vendor using the public right-of-way as a location from which to compete with an existing business. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 25, 1983 Page 4