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Ordinance tightening rules for sidewalk flower stands fails after debate over transfers and abandonment
Summary
An ordinance to amend public-works code governing sidewalk flower vending stands — covering permit assignment, abandonment, fees and penalties — failed 5–6 after debate about family transfers, alleged sale of abandoned permits for $45,000 and grandfathering of current operators.
The Board of Supervisors considered and then rejected (item 32) an ordinance amending the public-works code to add operating conditions for sidewalk flower-vending stands, establish an annual right-of-way occupancy fee, remove permit-assignment provisions allowing family transfers, change criminal penalties from misdemeanor to infraction, and impose…
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