Except as otherwise provided in this title, and except as provided in Sections 6.54.010 through 6.54.200 of Title 6 relating to peddlers operating from a mobile unit, it shall be unlawful for any person
to display, store, leave, place, or expose for sale, or cause to be displayed, stored,
left, placed, or exposed for sale upon any sidewalk, gutter, alley, or street of the
city any produce, merchandise, store boxes or store substance or material, objects
or implements whatsoever of any class, kind, or character; nor shall any stand of
any sort for the vending of any merchandise, produce or other property, or for transacting
of any business whatsoever be allowed on any street or sidewalk within the city. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the council, by means of a resolution, may permit, in whole or in part,
on city sidewalks such activity heretofore prohibited for a limited period of time
for festivals, community activities and other occasions as the council may designate,
provided that such permission shall not be given if the council finds the activity
contemplated would unreasonably impede the free passage of traffic on and along such
sidewalks or to and from the stores abutting such sidewalks. Any such action permitting
such activity shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the council finds to
be reasonably necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety,
and shall be further subject to such hold harmless insurance and other conditions
and requirements as the council may find to be reasonably necessary under the circumstances.
Any such action shall also require the permit holder to remove any articles and objects
permitted to be placed on city sidewalks at the termination of the time for which
such permit was given.
