§ 117-C — Hawking, peddling, vending, sale of goods, wares or merchandise; Erie county; certain areas

§ 117-c. Hawking, peddling, vending, sale of goods, wares or\nmerchandise; Erie county; certain areas. Notwithstanding any law to the\ncontrary, except section thirty-five of the general business law, the\ncounty of Erie shall have the power to enact a local law prohibiting\nhawking, peddling, vending and sale of goods, wares or merchandise or\nsolicitation of trade in the right-of-way of county roads adjacent to\narenas, stadiums, auditoriums or like facilities, which contain fifty\nthousand or more seats, which are used for events likely to attract\nlarge numbers of spectators, including but not limited to home games of\na National Football League franchise. Provided, however, that the power\nto enact such local law shall be subject to the requirement that\nprovision be made, by lease agreement, regulation or otherwise, for the\nhawking, peddling, vending and sales of goods, wares or merchandise or\nsolicitation of trade in designated vending areas on the ground of\ncounty-owned lands leased for use as an arena, stadium or auditorium or\nlike facility which contain fifty thousand or more seats; and further\nprovided that members of the armed forces of the United States who (a)\nwere honorably discharged from such service, or (b) have a qualifying\ncondition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nreceived a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such\nservice, or (c) are discharged LGBT veterans, as defined in section one\nof the veterans' services law, and received a discharge other than bad\nconduct or dishonorable from such service, and who are entitled to hawk,\nvend, sell or peddle merchandise in the public right-of-way pursuant to\nsections thirty-two and thirty-five of the general business law, shall\nbe given first preference in any assignment or vending locations or in\nthe allocation of such locations.\n