§ 201.90. Duties of market manager.  


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  • Each licensed farmers market, mini market or produce and craft market shall designate a market manager who is responsible for the supervision, management and control of the licensed market. The market manager shall prepare rules and regulations relative to the care and conduct of said farmers market, mini market or produce and craft market and the placing of vehicles therein, preservation of order, prevention and removal of obstructions and nuisances, removal of vagrants and disorderly persons or persons found loitering therein, and the seizure of unhealthy, unwholesome or noxious substances. The market manager or designee is responsible for the operation of the farmers market, mini market or produce and craft market and must be present when the market is open to the public. The market manager shall:

    (1)

    Complete an environmental health plan review and pay the applicable plan review fee as indicated in Appendix J, License Fee Schedule.

    (2)

    Provide fully operational and stocked toilet facilities shall be available to all market customers and market vendors.

    (3)

    Provide sufficient potable water to meet the needs of each market vendor.

    (4)

    Ensure that all market vendors of immediately consumable foods are operating from a hard, smooth and easily cleanable surface. Non-food market vendors and product of the farm (growers/farmers) vendors shall be permitted to vend from an unpaved surface provided the market and market vendors comply with all requirements of the food code.

    (5)

    Ensure prompt removal of all trash and debris from the market and areas of public right-of-way within one hundred (100) feet of the farmers market, mini market or produce and craft market and in accordance with the Code of Ordinances.

    (6)

    Ensure that all food vendors are licensed prior to vending, unless exempt as described in subsection (7).

    (7)

    Ensure all who may be exempt from licensure meet the requirements under Minnesota Statute Sections 28A.151 and 28A.152.

    (8)

    Ensure a current list of all food market vendors selling or sampling food at the farmers, mini or produce and craft market is available to city staff to review at all times during which the market is open and operating.

    (9)

    Ensure that the market complies with the percentages stipulated to in this chapter for the number of food to non-food market vendors and/or product of the farm (growers/farmers) to other market vendor types.

    (10)

    Ensure all farmers, mini and produce and craft markets and market vendors comply with the Minnesota Food Code (Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4626), Minnesota Statute Sections 28A.151 and 28A.152, and all applicable ordinances.

    (11)

    Ensure any person conducting food product sampling or food product demonstration shall meet all the requirements in Minnesota Statute Section 28A.151. (2004-Or-036, § 1, 4-16-04; 2011-Or-095, § 10, 11-4-11; 2013-Or-143, § 3, 12-6-13; Ord. No. 2017-017 , § 11, 4-28-17)

    Note— Formerly § 201.60.