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Sec. 22-100Vendors

Last changed 2022
Plain English: what this chapter covers

This is the chapter for anyone running a business in town: the yearly occupation tax (the city's business license), plus special rules for pawn shops, phone companies, arcades and coin-operated machines, fireworks stands, food trucks, and permits for special events on city property like festivals, parades and big cookouts in the park. Several parts are fairly recent (2015-2025), but some, like the pawnshop rules, are older and still describe paper record books.

(a) The applicant responsible for the special event shall be responsible for all vendors as a component of the special event and shall be responsible for designating the location and activities of vendors consistent with a special event permit and any applicable conditions.

(b) Authorized vendors providing food and/or merchandise for sale are not required to obtain or possess a separate vendor's permit to operate during the special event unless the vendor is a provider of alcoholic beverages as a part of the event. This provision notwithstanding, food vendors are required to comply with the rules and regulations of the state and the county health department as to the preparation and service of food.

(c) The dispensing of alcoholic beverages, by sale or otherwise, as a part of the special event shall be allowed provided that each vendor dispensing alcoholic beverages shall have been duly licensed by the state, city, or other local governing authority to engage in off- premises dispensation and has complied with all provisions of the city's relating to the sale or dispensation otherwise of alcoholic beverages off premises.

History: (Ord. No. 2022-5, § 1(Exh. A), 10-6-2022)

This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.

Online: https://jamesburgessleads.com/city-code/PTIICOOR_CH22BU_ARTVIIISPEVUSPR_S22-100VE

Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH22BU_ARTVIIISPEVUSPR_S22-100VE

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