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File #: ORD 19-15    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 2/19/2019 Final action: 2/19/2019
Title: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 18 ("Peddlers and Solicitors"), Article 2 ("Farmers' Market"), Section 18-2-2 ("Definitions") of the Oak Park Village to Remove the Requirement that Fish Vendors Be From the Five (5) State Region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and/or Indiana and to Create a Food Service Vendor Category
Attachments: 1. Farmers Market Amendment Ordinance, 2. 2010-O-03_I_020110_Ord - Minutes, 3. 2018-11-14-farmers-market-commission-minutes-approved, 4. farmers-market-commission-minutes-draft, 5. 2010-O-03_I_020110_Ord
Submitted By
Mike Charley, Public Health Director

Reviewed By
LKS

Agenda Item Title
Title
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 18 ("Peddlers and Solicitors"), Article 2 ("Farmers' Market"), Section 18-2-2 ("Definitions") of the Oak Park Village to Remove the Requirement that Fish Vendors Be From the Five (5) State Region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and/or Indiana and to Create a Food Service Vendor Category

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Overview
Overview
On February 4, 2019 the Village Board approved two motions, the first to concur with the Farmers' Market Commission's recommendation to amend Chapter 18 ("Peddlers and Solicitors"), Article 2 ("Farmers' Market") of the Oak Park Vilalge Code to remove the requirement for Fish Vendors to be from the five (5) state region of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and/or Indiana and the second motion to create a food service vendor category of permitted vendor related to home food production, processing or preparation and directed staff to prepare the necessary ordinance.

Body
Staff Recommendation
Adopt the ordinance.

Fiscal Impact
N/A

Background
FOOD SERVICE VENDOR BACKGROUND:

At the November 14, 2018 Farmers' Market Commission meeting (minutes attached), commissioner Dina Ross inquired about allowing a knife sharpening business to participate at the farmers' market. The current enabling Village ordinance language under Chapter 18 "Peddlers and Solicitors" Article 2 "Farmers' Market" current prohibits this category of vendor/permittee. There was sufficient interest from the Farmers' Market Commission members to continue discussion on this inquiry until the next regularly scheduled Farmers' Market commission meeting.

At the January 9, 2019 Farmers' Market Commission meeting (draft minutes attached) the Farmers' Market Commission voted unanimously to submit a recommendation to the Village Board to direct staff to amend the Farmers' Market Ordinance to create a "Service Provider" category of permittee/vendor related to home ...

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