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Council to move proposed ban on mobile vendors in rights-of-way to voting session after complaints
Summary
Council members reviewed a proposed amendment to Syracuse City Code §5.35.60 to prohibit mobile businesses from operating in public rights-of-way after complaints about unpermitted vendors at events and in hazardous locations; staff recommended requiring written permission from property owners and enforcement through trespass or civil citation.
Noah, a city staff member presenting the item, said the amendment to Syracuse City Code §5.35.60 is intended to make clear that selling in public rights-of-way on publicly owned land requires a city business license and written permission from the landowner.
"We just wanna make it super clear that you cannot sell anything in the city on the in the right of way, especially publicly owned…
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