Ordinance to Further Amend Municipal Code Regarding Buskers

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ty�iw i•ea.. ��O�or.e��000�o�ue..�0 '. - Sec. 14.126. Penalties. Any person violating any provisions of this Section shall be issued an ordinance violation citation. Penalties shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first violation; two hundred fi-fty dollars ($2-5200.00) for the second violation and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for all violations thereafter. Payment of penalties up to two hundred €i#y ($2-5200.00) shall be made through the Ordinance Violations Bureau. Failure to make payment within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the citation shall result in a late fee of an additional fifty dollars ($50.00) for every thirty (30) days it remains unpaid. MIM Section III. Chapter 13, Article 12, Section 13 -26 of the South Bend Municipal Code be and hereby is amended to read as follows: Sec. 13 -26. Prohibited acts. (a) In light of the City's duty to provide residents and visitors to the downtown of the city with a safe environment where social, business, cultural, and recreational opportunities can be maximized while eliminating nuisance activities which negatively affect such interactions, the following regulation shall be in full force and effect: (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 13 -26(a) (2) and section 13 -26(a) (3) below, Solicitation is prohibited in the Central Business and Entertainment Area (CBEA). (2) Solicitation of immediate donation of money or other thing of value or the sale of goods or services that (i) is performed by a person who is a "licensee" (as defined in section 4 -2(c) of this Code) under section 4 -55, Charitable solicitations, busker or street entertainment under Chapter 14 Article 13 of this Code and (ii) consists of actions permissible under the regulations set forth in section 4 -55, Charitable solicitations, and (iii) is fully compliant with the provisions of section 13- 26(b), shall be excluded from the prohibition set forth in section 13- 26(a)(1) above. (3) Solicitation of the sale of goods or services that (i) is performed by a person who is a "licensee" (as defined in section 4 -2(c) of this Code) under one or more of the sections of this Code listed below, and (ii) consists of actions permissible under the regulations set forth therein, and (iii) is fully compliant with the provisions of section 13- 26(b), shall be excluded from the prohibition set forth in section 13- 26(a)(1) above: a. Section 4 -25: Food vending vehicles, b. Section 4 -43: Peddlers and canvassers, c. Section 4 -60: Transient merchants.