Section 24-818. MERCHANDISE VENDORS: SALE OF MERCHANDISE  


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    818.1No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall sell any item of merchandise other than the item or items as he or she may be specifically authorized to sell by the Concessions Committee, as evidenced in writing on any pass issued to person, or in other written authorization furnished to the person by the Concessions Committee.

     

    818.2No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall ply his or her trade between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

     

    818.3No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall do any of the following:

     

    (a)Sell or offer to sell food, drinks, or tobacco;

     

    (b)Sell or offer to sell confetti or any kindred substance, or any substance or device designed to annoy any person; or

     

    (c)On Inauguration Day, sell or offer to sell goods, wares, or merchandise in any of the inaugural stands, or in the roadway along the route of the inaugural parade, between sunrise and sunset, or until the parade has passed, whichever is later.

     

    818.4No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall remain in any one (1) place upon any of the highways or public spaces for a period that is longer than necessary to make a sale after having been specifically authorized to remain in the location by the Concessions Committee and the Chief of Police.

     

    818.5No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall interfere with traffic or cause annoyance to residents or passersby.

     

    818.6No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall ply his or her trade in violation of traffic regulations.

     

    818.7No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall ply his or her trade in any of the following places:

     

    (a)Upon any of the highways in front of or around any public or private school during any times that the school is in session;

     

    (b)Upon arterial or boulevard highways; or

     

    (c)Upon any highway around the following circles or grounds:

     

    (1)Dupont Circle;

     

    (2)Scott Circle;

     

    (3)Thomas Circle;

     

    (4)Logan Circle;

     

    (5)Sheridan Circle;

     

    (6)Washington Circle; or

     

    (7)The grounds of the United States Capitol or the Library of Congress.

     

    818.8No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall ply his or her trade upon any of the following streets or avenues:

     

    (a)Any street intersecting with highways around a circle or ground listed in §818.7(c) for a distance of one hundred feet (100 ft.) from the outer edge of these highways;

     

    (b)Pennsylvania Avenue between First and Sixth Streets, N.W.;

     

    (c)The south side of Pennsylvania Avenue between East Executive and West Executive Avenues, N.W.;

     

    (d)South Executive Avenue, N.W.;

     

    (e)State Place; or

     

    (f)Alexander Hamilton Place, N.W.

     

    818.9No person to whom the special license authorized by this section has been issued shall ply his or her trade within the area bounded by Fourteenth Street, N.W. and S.W., on the east; Constitution Avenue, N.W., on the north; and the Potomac River on the west and south.

     

source

Section 18(a)(5) of the Presidential Inauguration Special Regulations and Rule of Interpretation Concerning Nonrevival of Statutes Act of 1982, D.C. Law 4-125, 29 DCR 2093 (May 21, 1982).