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Public Safety Committee considers citywide street-vending rules and tougher penalties; PVH (taxis/limos) ordinance review begins
Summary
The Public Safety Committee discussed extending street-vending regulation citywide (with exceptions for authorized MSD programs and festivals) and adding a criminal-class enforcement option for repeat illegal vendors; staff also reviewed recommended updates to the passenger-vehicle-for-hire (PVH) ordinance and stakeholder concerns about upfront pricing, vehicle age limits, and appeals.
The Public Safety Committee took up two interrelated enforcement topics. Staff reported the NoDa vending pilot will sunset Feb. 16 and proposed expansion of vending regulation throughout the public right-of-way across the city with limited exceptions (municipal-service-district-authorized programs and permitted festival vending). The principal rationale: Charlotte is an outlier in North Carolina for not regulating…
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