I've been involved for several years in an event at the Mn State Fairgrounds. Our vendors are required to keep a 6 foot wide aisleway open in front of their locations, and we spend some effort in enforcing this. We were told by the State Fair that this was a State Fire Marshall requirement for safety purposes. I would think that this would apply to the Mall, also. Seems a reasonable requirement.
Also, vendors at the State Fair are required to pay 20% of their sales to the State Fair, to compensate for the space that they are using. Which brings to mind the sidewalk cafes on the Mall -- do they pay anything to the city for the city-owned property that they are using? Also the many newspaper boxes that seem to infest some sidewalk corners downtown -- do they pay anything to the city for their use of this public space? Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson >First, sidewalk cafes on the Mall are required to be set back a minimum >distance of 5 feet from the street. For some the distance requirement is >even greater as much as 8 feel in some areas. Cafes that are currently >closer to the street are in violation of their license and as of yesterday >afternoon we have called an inspector to go out and rectify the situation. >. . . >Lisa Goodman >Loring Park Neighborhood _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
