18.85.125 Temporary use permits – Farmers’ markets and public markets.
A temporary use permit shall be required for each location of a temporary farmers’ market or temporary public market. The following additional requirements shall apply for these uses:
(1) Application. Application shall be made by the market manager or his/her designee. The manager and/or designee shall provide a vendor register with contact information for all vendors, to be updated when new vendors are added.
(2) Permit Duration. The temporary use permit shall be effective for no more than 180 days from the date of the first event.
(3) Days of Operation. Markets may operate any day of the week at any time of the year, subject to an approved 180-day temporary use permit. Markets that sell food items other than produce, or that prepare foods, are subject to permanent food establishment guidelines under the King County Board of Health Code.
(4) Hours of Operation. Sales are permitted from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. between November 1st and April 30th, and from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. between May 1st and October 31st. Vendors must assemble and disassemble their spaces during these hours. The market manager or his/her designee shall be on site at all times of market operation.
(5) Tents/Canopies.
(a) The arrangement of tents/canopies to create vendor spaces shall meet all building and fire code requirements.
(b) A vendor space shall be a maximum of 120 square feet (e.g., a 10-foot by 12-foot tent), with no side being less than six feet in length.
(c) All tents and other market items shall be dismantled and stored safely on site or removed from the site at the end of each selling day, unless the structure is approved through a City-issued building permit. A structure requiring a building permit that is not used for two or more consecutive days, or is not used five or more days per week, shall be dismantled and removed from the site.
(6) Accessory Uses. Crafts sales, processed food sales, and prepared food sales shall be accessory uses to farmers’ and public markets.
(7) Vendors. Up to 30 percent of the vendors of a farmers’ market and up to 50 percent of the vendors of a public market may consist of resellers and other accessory uses allowed for that use. A single vendor using multiple spaces shall count as multiple vendors for the purpose of calculating primary to accessory vendors (e.g., a single vendor selling crafts that is using three spaces counts as three craft vendors).
(8) Signs. Two temporary signs advertising the market itself are permitted. Such signs shall be no more than six square feet in area and may be placed within 300 feet of the market entrance, excluding the public right-of-way. Individual vendor space signs shall be located only on vendor tables or tent structures. Vendor signs shall not project above the roofline of a tent.
(9) Parking. Two on-site parking spaces are required for each vendor space. Two bicycle parking spaces are required for markets with 10 or more vendor spaces; one additional bicycle parking space is required for every additional 10 vendor spaces.
(10) Revocation of Permit. A temporary use permit for a farmers’ market or public market issued pursuant to this section shall be revoked upon a finding that the market no longer complies with the terms of this section and all other applicable sections of the Covington Municipal Code. A market manager or his/her designee may appeal a revocation to the hearing examiner in accordance with Chapter 14.45 CMC. (Ord. 09-09 § 8)