REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 07/03/2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT:
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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.34 OF THE CORONA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE ONLY SOLICITORS, ADDING CHAPTER 5.35 TO REGULATE SIDEWALK VENDORS, AND AMENDING SECTION 12.20.030 TO REQUIRE A SIDEWALK VENDOR PERMIT TO SELL MERCHANDISE ON THE SIDEWALK IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH SENATE BILL 946.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to approve an ordinance that would update the regulations governing sidewalk vendors and solicitors to be consistent with state law. The update will also transfer the permitting process for sidewalk vendors and solicitors from the Police Department to the Planning and Development Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 3398 approving an amendment to Chapter 5.34 of the Corona Municipal Code to regulate only solicitors, the addition of Chapter 5.35 to regulate sidewalk vendors, and an amendment to Section 12.20.030 to require a sidewalk vendor permit to sell merchandise on the street and sidewalk in a manner consistent with Senate Bill 946, and establishing an application fee for solicitor permits and sidewalk vendor permits and an impound fee for the release of impounded sidewalk vending receptacles, food and merchandise.
b. Introduce, by title only, and waive full reading of consideration of Ordinance No. 3399, the first reading of an ordinance approving an amendment to Chapter 5.34 of the Corona Municipal Code to regulate only solicitors, the addition of Chapter 5.35 to regulate sidewalk vendors, and an amendment to Section 12.20.030 to require a sidewalk vendor permit to sell on the sidewalk in a manner consistent with Senate Bill 946.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
Senate Bill 946 (SB 946) was passed by the California Legislature in 2018 and became effective in 2019. SB 946 was adop...
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