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File #: MOT 19-15    Name:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 2/4/2019 Final action: 2/4/2019
Title: A Motion to Concur with the Farmers' Market Commission's Recommendation to Amend Chapter 18 ("Peddlers and Solicitors"), Article 2 ("Farmers' Market"), Section 18-2-2 ("Definitions") of the Oak Park Village Code to Remove the Requirement that Fish Vendors be from the Five (5) State Region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and/or Indiana and Direct Staff to Prepare the Necessary Ordinance
Attachments: 1. Farmers' Market Ordinance, 2. 2018-11-14-farmers-market-commission-minutes-approved
Submitted By
Mike Charley, Public Health Director

Reviewed By
LKS

Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Concur with the Farmers' Market Commission's Recommendation to Amend Chapter 18 ("Peddlers and Solicitors"), Article 2 ("Farmers' Market"), Section 18-2-2 ("Definitions") of the Oak Park Village Code to Remove the Requirement that Fish Vendors be from the Five (5) State Region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and/or Indiana and Direct Staff to Prepare the Necessary Ordinance

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Overview
Overview
The Farmers' Market Commission voted at their November 14, 2018 meeting to submit a recommendation to the Village Board to amend Chapter 18 "Peddlers and Solicitors" Article 2 "Farmers' Market" to allow for the sale of frozen fish that was caught/captured outside the five state region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and/or Indiana. The Farmers' Market Commission is requesting that the Village Board direct staff to prepare the necessary ordinance in support of their recommendation.

Body
Staff Recommendation
Approve the Motion.

Fiscal Impact
N/A

Background
The Farmers' Market Commission voted at their November 14, 2018 meeting to submit a recommendation to the Village Board to amend Chapter 18 ("Peddlers and Solicitors"), Article 2 ("Farmers' Market") Section 18-2-2 ("Definitions") of the Village Code to allow for the sale of frozen fish that was caught/captured outside the five state region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and/or Indiana. The Farmers' Market Commission is requesting that the Village Board direct staff to prepare the necessary ordinance in support of their recommendation.

The Farmers' Market Commission and Farmers' Market Manager have identified that customers are interested in the sale of fish at the Oak Park Farmers' Market. The Farmers' Market Manager has searched for fish vendors from the five state region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and/or Indiana and found no available fish vendors. In order to attrac...

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