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Council adopts cleanup to Lafayette Farmers Market rules to allow crafts and adjust footprint authority
Summary
Council approved an update to Chapter 4.06 of the Lafayette Municipal Code to align the farmers market definition with practice, allow craft vendors, let the Board of Works set the market footprint, and extend vehicle removal time before market hours.
On second and final reading the Common Council approved an amendment to Chapter 4.06 of the Lafayette Municipal Code to modernize the Lafayette Farmers Market rules. The ordinance updates the market definition to explicitly allow vendors to sell crafts (a practice that staff said has been happening for several years), gives the Board of Works authority to set the market footprint, and provides an additional hour for removal of parked vehicles before market operations.
A city presenter described the ordinance as a “cleanup” aligning the code with existing practice and praised the new footprint trial observed at a recent market, which staff said appeared crowded but successful. The council held no public objections during the meeting and the ordinance passed on second reading.
