508 VENDING SITE PERMIT: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND FEES

508.1 No person may vend from the public space in the District of Columbia without a Vending Site Permit issued by the DCRA Director pursuant to this chapter; provided, that a holder of a Class C Vending License may manage vendors from public space upon the issuance of a public space permit to the holder by DDOT and Mobile Roadway Vending vehicles may vend pursuant to § 533.508.2 A Vending Site Permit shall not be required for:- (a) Persons authorized to sell products, merchandise, food, or services at a licensed Public Market or;

- (b) Persons authorized to sell products, merchandise, food, or services at a licensed or permitted Special Event.508.3 The Vending Site Permit shall authorize the permittee to occupy a specific Vending Location for the purpose of vending.508.4 A vendor may vend only at the assigned Vending Location stated on his or her Vending Site Permit.508.5 In addition to the authorities cited in § 524, the DCRA Director, the DDOT Director, or MPD may eliminate a Vending Location without prior notice for public safety or transportation reasons, construction requirements, or Special Event operations.508.6 The DCRA Director may revoke a Vending Site Permit and require the previously permitted vendor to vacate his or her Vending Location or relocate to another Vending Location pursuant to § 512.508.7 The annual fee for a Vending Site Permit for sidewalk vending locations shall be six hundred dollars (\$600).508.8 The fee for a monthly Vending Site Permit in the Nationals Park Vending Zone shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars (\$125) per monthly lottery, as described in § 529.508.9 The fee for a monthly Vending Site Permit for stationary roadway vending at Vending Locations designated by § 530 shall be four hundred and fifty dollars (\$450) per monthly lottery.508.10 The annual fee for a Mobile Roadway Vending site permit shall be three hundred dollars (\$300) as described in § 533.

SOURCE: Section 502 of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1984, effective September 26, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-113; 31 DCR 3974, 3981 (August 10, 1984)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 32 DCR 5746, 5747 (October 11, 1985); as amended by D.C. Act published at 45 DCR 1172 (March 6, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 13055 (September 20, 2013).