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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO MEMORANDUM DATE: October 16, 2007 TO: Finance Committee FROM: Jesse Baloca, Finance Directo BY: Mary Ann Perini, Budget & Compliance Manager Stephanie Stuart, Assistant City Attorney SUBJECT: Ordinance Amending Chapter 4-5, Title 4 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Merchants Recommendation Staff recommends that the Finance Committee approve for forwarding to the City Council the Amendments to the San Leandro Municipal Code Chapter 4-5, Title 4 Relating to Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Merchants (PSIM). Background and Discussion The current PSIM Ordinance was adopted by the City Council with an effective date of August 4, 1986. Enhancements to the revised ordinance are described as follows: 1. The Ordinance adds additional restrictions that benefit the public good, such as: a. 2-hour maximum parking limit for vehicle or trailer and must move at least 500 feet in any direction from where they were previously parked; b. Must not park vehicle or trailer within 15 feet of .any curb return, driveway or fire hydrant; c. Ice Cream Trucks are prohibited within 500 feet of Primary or Secondary Schools during the half-hour prior to the start of the school day and half-hour following school day dismissal; d. Vehicle or trailer legally parked, self-propelled, within the public right-of-way on city streets and shall not have exclusive rights to any particular location; e. Vehicle or trailer shall not sell food within two blocks or 600 feet, whichever is greater, of an established business with similar food or merchandise; and f. Peddlers are now required to remove and properly dispose of all trash and refuse associated with their business. 2. Also, the Ordinance codifies administrative policies that have been in place for several years such as: a. Special Permits are excluded from this ordinance; b. Vehicle stickers are no longer issued or used for identification; c. Food Peddlers are no longer permitted in the Shoreline Recreation Area (Marina); and d. Pushcarts, handcarts or dollies are not permitted in the City of San Leandro.