§ 37-131.07 — Fees and funding.

District of Columbia § 37-131.07

• Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
• Title 37: Weights, Measures, Markets, and Vending.
• Ch. 1A: Vending Regulation.

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(1) Fees for vending licenses and permits required pursuant to this chapter shall be as follows:

(A) The biennial fee for a basic business license for any vendor shall be $99;

(B) The annual fee for a vending site permit for sidewalk vending locations shall be $75;

(C) The annual fee for a mobile roadway vending site permit shall be $150;

(D) The fee for a monthly vending site permit in the Nationals Park Vending Zone, as described in section 529 of Title 24 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (24 DCMR § 529) shall be $65 per monthly lottery; and

(E) The fee for a monthly vending site permit for stationary roadway vending at vending locations designated by section 530 of Title 24 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (24 DCMR § 530) shall be $225 per monthly lottery.

(2) The Mayor may revise fees established in this subsection through the promulgation of rules pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .

(1) The Mayor shall not charge a non-government organization operating a farmers market a fee related to temporary parking restrictions caused by the farmers market's occupancy of public space, such as a fee described in 18 DCMR § 2407.20; provided, that the farmers market participates in the Women, Infants and Children Farmers Market Nutrition Program ("FMNP") and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP").

(2) The Mayor may charge a farmers market operated by a District or federal government agency, regardless of participation in FMNP and SNAP, a fee related to temporary parking restrictions caused by the farmers market's occupancy of public space, such as a fee described in 18 DCMR § 2407.20.

(2A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Mayor shall waive all licensing, permitting, or temporary parking restriction fees for a farmers market, farm stand, or mobile market located, or applying to locate, in a low food access area.

(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "low food access area" shall have the same definition as in § 7-742.21(7) .

(1) There is established as a special fund the Vending Regulation Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection in accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection.

(2) The following shall be deposited into the Fund:

(A) Fees paid for the application for, and issuance or renewal of, a basic business license endorsed for vending;

(B) Fees paid for the application for, and issuance or renewal of, a vending site permit or other licenses, permits, or authorizations issued by the Mayor under this chapter;

(C) Funds authorized by an act of Congress, reprogramming, or intra-District transfer to be deposited into the Fund;

(D) Any other funds designated by law or rule to be deposited into the Fund; and

(E) Interest on funds deposited in the Fund.

(3) Repealed.

(4) Funds in the Fund may be used to pay the costs of administering this chapter, including costs associated with the application for, and issuance and renewal of, a basic business license as set forth in paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection, and the administration and enforcement of any rules issued under this chapter.

(5) Any money remaining available in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.

Legislative History

Oct. 22, 2009, D.C. Law 18-71, § 8, 56 DCR 6619