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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 69 of 2001
(Amending City Code re Large-scale Special Events of National or International Significance)
Fee Schedule
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 3.52 OF THE SALT LAKE CITY CODE,
RELATING TO LARGE-SCALE SPECIAL EVENTS OF NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City,Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 3.52.020, SALT LAKE CITY CODE,be, and the same hereby is,
amended to read as follows:
3.52.020 Definitions.
A. "Advisory Committee" means the large-scale special event advisory committee
established in Section 3.52.030.
B. "City services" means the provision of City employees or equipment for services
related to large-scale special events, including without limitation police, fire, and building
inspection services other than those that are determined by the City to be basic city services.
C. "Director of public utilities" means the director of the City's department of public
utilities or his or her authorized representative.
D. "Employee" means the operator, owner, or manager of a business and any persons
employed by such person in the operation of that business in any capacity; and also any
salesperson, agent, leased employee, or independent contractor employed by a merchant.
E. "Event period" means the period of time during which a large-scale special event
occurs, as specified in the application for a permit for such event.
F. "Impact area" means the area, designated as such in the permit or city services
contract for a large-scale special event, that requires an enhanced level of city services as a
consequence of such event.
G. "Large-scale special event" means an organized event of national or international
significance in which not less than 25,000 individuals from outside the state of Utah are
anticipated or planned to congregate and make use of public property within Salt Lake City for
the purpose of commerce, education, entertainment, or sport.
H. "Mayor" means the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, or the mayor's designee.
I. "Merchant" means any person or entity who, during the event period and within the
limits of the City:
1. Engages in a temporary business of selling or delivering goods, wares or services,
or who conducts meetings open to the general public where franchises,
distributorships, contracts or business opportunities are offered to the public; or
2. Sells, offers or exhibits for sale any goods, wares, services, franchises,
distributorships, contracts or business opportunities, during the course of or any time
within six (6)months after a lecture or public meeting pertaining to such goods,
wares, services, franchises, business opportunities, contracts or distributorships.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following persons or activities shall not be considered a
merchant:
a. (i) A person who occupies any business establishment for the purpose of
conducting a permanent business therein (provided, however, that no person shall
be relieved from the provisions of this chapter by reason of a temporary
association with any City-licensed dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer), or(ii) a
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person conducting a temporary or transient business in connection with, as a part
of, or in the name of, any City-licensed dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer
when that person is operating within ten (10) feet of said licensed business and the
person can be identified as an employee of such business;
b. Art exhibits, where participating artists sell their original works and when the
exhibits do not contain any artwork purchased or taken on consignment and held
for resale;
c. Employees of merchants;
d. Religious organizations or charitable organizations.
J. "Organizer" means the applicant for a large-scale special event permit.
K. "Permit area" means the area designated in the permit for a large-scale special event
as the area within which such event will occur.
L. "Religious or charitable organization"means any organization that can provide
written approval from the Internal Revenue Service that the organization has been granted tax-
exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or its successor.
M. "Sales event" means a circumstance where two (2) or more merchants display any
goods, wares or services at a location in the City for the purpose of sale or soliciting orders to be
filled in the future, for financial gain or profit.
N. "SLOC" means the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games
of 2002.
O. "Street" means and shall embrace all land platted as a street between the adjacent
property lines including curb, sidewalk, gutter, and parking median.
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P. "Umbrella merchant"means any person who, during the event period and within the
limits of the City, leases or rents or otherwise makes available for use to a merchant or
merchants, for thirty(30) days or less, a building or portion of a building or other space for the
purpose of conducting a sales event.
SECTION 2. That Section 3.52.070, SALT LAKE CITY CODE, be, and the same hereby is,
amended to read as follows:
3.52.070 Interstate and Intrastate Commerce, Solicitation and Selling
A. Registration—Required.
1. Registration, Form. It is unlawful for any person to solicit for the sale of, offer for
sale, or sell, from house to house or from place to place within the corporate limits of
the City, any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, subscriptions to any kind of
publication, tickets, coupons or receipts representing value or redeemable in any kind
of consideration, without first having registered with the City's business license
office. In so registering, the person desiring to solicit as above described shall
complete a registration form provided by the City showing his or her name and home
address and the name and home address of the person, firm or corporation which said
person represents.
2. Purpose. The City declares that this ordinance is passed as an exercise of the
police power for the identification of individuals desiring to solicit business within
the corporate limits of the City and for the protection of the residents of the City.
B. Registration, Fee, Identification Card.
The City's business license office shall collect from each person registered pursuant to
this section, at the time of registration, a fee in the sum set forth in Schedule I of this chapter (to
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cover the City's costs), which sum shall be remitted by the business license office to the city
treasurer. Upon payment of the fee, and provided the person has completed and satisfactorily
meets all of the requirements of this section, the business license office shall issue to the
applicant an identification card which shall constitute a permit for solicitation or sales as
provided in this section for the period of time stated thereon. Every person issued an
identification card by the business license office shall wear said card in a conspicuous location on
his or her outer clothing, above the waist, at all times during any solicitation or sales activity such
that the said card is readily visible to persons being solicited.
C. Registration—Photographs.
At the time of registering, the person desiring to solicit or sell pursuant to this section
shall sign his or her name on the registration record kept by the business license office. At that
time the person shall submit to being photographed by the City so the City can prepare an
identification card for the person.
D. Exception for SLOC. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, any
employee receiving credentials and a photo identification card from SLOC shall not be required
to pay an employee fee to the City or obtain a photo identification card from the City.
SECTION 3. That Section 3.52.080, SALT LAKE CITY CODE, be, and the same hereby is,
amended to read as follows:
3.52.080 Umbrella Merchants and Merchants
A. License—Required.
1. It is unlawful for any person to engage in, carry on, or conduct the business of an
umbrella merchant or a merchant in the City without first obtaining a license from the
City.
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a. The license fee for engaging in, carrying on, or conducting business as an
umbrella merchant shall be the sum set forth in Schedule I of this chapter.
b. The license fee for engaging in, carrying on, or conducting business as a
merchant shall be the sum set forth in Schedule I of this chapter.
B. Merchants and Umbrella Merchants—Information Required.
1. An umbrella merchant must submit to the license office, at least forty-five (45)
days prior to a large-scale special event, an application containing the following
information:
a. A list of all merchants that will be working under that umbrella merchant,
including their names and addresses, and a statement of the maximum number of
such merchants;
b. The location of the event; and
c. The dates of commencement and teiiuination of the event.
2. A merchant must submit to the license office, at least forty-five (45) days prior to
a large-scale special event, an application containing the following information:
a. A list of all of its employees, including their names and addresses, and a
statement of the maximum number of such employees;
b. The location of the event; and
c. The dates of commencement and termination of the event.
3. If the umbrella merchant desires to add additional merchants after the above
information has been submitted to the City's business license office, such umbrella
merchant must notify the City's business license office and update the list of
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merchants within twenty-four(24) hours after making the decision to add additional
merchants.
4. If the merchant desires to add additional employees after the above information
has been submitted to the City's business license office, such merchant must notify
the City's business license office and update the list of employees within twenty-four
(24) hours after making the decision to add additional employees.
C. Approval of Application by Mayor. A license maybe issued to an umbrella
merchant, or to a merchant who is not working under an umbrella merchant, only following
approval of such license by the mayor. In making the decision whether to approve a license, the
mayor shall take into account the City's interest in protecting the health, safety, and welfare of
the public, the impact on transportation and pedestrian traffic, density of merchants, and
compliance with other applicable City ordinances, rules, and regulations.
D. Approval of Site by Mayor. During an event period, a person may engage in
merchant or umbrella merchant activities only on a site that has been approved by the mayor.
E. Registration—Required.
1. Registration; Form; Identification Card. It is unlawful for any merchant or
umbrella merchant or for any person to solicit for the sale of, offer for sale, or sell,
from house to house or from place to place within the corporate limits of the City, any
goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, subscriptions to any kind of publication,
tickets, coupons or receipts representing value or redeemable in any kind of
consideration, without first having registered with the City's business license office.
In so registering, the person desiring to solicit as above described shall complete a
registration form provided by the City, stating the location, stating whether the
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activity will occur on public or private property, stating his or her name and home
address, and stating the name and home address of the person, firm or corporation
which said person represents.
Upon compliance by the person with the requirements of this section, the
business license office shall issue to the person an identification card, which shall
constitute authorization to perform solicitation or sales as provided in this section for
the period of time stated thereon. Every person issued an identification card by the
business license office shall wear said card in a conspicuous location on his or her
outer clothing, above the waist, at all times during any solicitation or sales activity
such that the said card is readily visible to persons being solicited.
2. Application. Upon receipt of a written application therefore, the City's business
license office shall, upon a finding of the following conditions, grant to such person
permission to display or sell merchandise whether on public or private property at
such location and for such period of time as is specifically stated in such written
permit. Such permit will not:
a. create an undue concentration of such merchants or employees;
b. except as provided in the permit for the large-scale special event, materially
interfere with the free flow of traffic, pedestrian or vehicular;
c. create an undue burden in controlling and policing illegal activities in the
vicinity;
d. create a nuisance to the community; or
e. adversely affect the health, safety and morals of the residents of the City.
3. Registration—Photographs.
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At the time of registering, the person desiring to solicit pursuant to this section shall sign
his or her name on the registration record kept by the business license office. At that time the
person shall submit to being photographed by the City so the City can prepare an identification
card for the person.
F. Exception for SLOC. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, any
employee receiving credentials and a photo identification card from SLOC shall not be required
to pay an employee fee to the City or obtain a photo identification card from the City.
SECTION 4. That Schedule Ito Chapter 3.52, SALT LAKE CITY CODE, be, and the same
hereby is, amended to read as follows:
SCHEDULE I
The following classes of businesses, listed with their subclasses and city object codes, shall be
charged the following fees, in addition to the base license fee and the per employee fee, due to
their receiving a disproportionate level of city services, as provided in Section 5.04.070, Salt
Lake City Code, or its successor section. The listed fee includes the charge for one background
check where required. For each additional background check per business there shall be a fee of
$60.00
Additional
Disproportionate
Classes and Subclasses of Businesses City Object Code Fee
Umbrella Merchant
Disproportionate Fee per event 120580 $10,000
Merchant
Disproportionate Fee per event 120581 $750
Employee
Disproportionate Fee per event 120582 $60
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. That this Ordinance shall take effect on the date of
its first publication.
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Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 16thday of October , 2001.
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CHAITOERS ON
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorneys Office
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CHIEF DEPUTY CITY RE ORDER 8y__
Transmitted to the Mayor on !O'"t(7'•O/
Mayor's Action: Dii<rproved ❑Vetoed
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