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Footpath and Roadside Trading

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Advertising Signs, Goods Display & Outdoor Eating

Footpath Activities Permits are required by all persons seeking to use a footpath or other public places for commercial activity, including:

the placing of free standing advertising signs; (The maximum size of the sign must not exceed 700mm in width and 1m in height including frame & fixtures)
advertising banners; (not greater than 5 square meters & can be displayed for up to 4 weeks/28 days)
display of goods; (may only be displayed outside the frontage of the applicant’s place of trade maximum 50% of shop front & placed in the Trading Zone, )
provision of outdoor eating facilities; or
Furniture and equipment (All street furniture (including umbrellas and portable heaters) must have a minimum clearance height of 2 metres and must not obstruct traffic visibility).

Footpath Trading Permit Fees for 2020/2021 have been waived.

Itinerant Traders must obtain a permit when trading is to occur:

from a vehicle
from any temporary method of transport including a caravan, trailer or other similar structure;
from a road;
from a property including any Council land or public place; or
adjacent to or on a road

A person must not undertake Itinerant Trading:

within 50 metres of a permanent business that is selling the same or a similar product, except as an approved trader being part of a stall, festival or other event approved by Council;
within 100 metres of a festival or other event approved by Council unless expressly permitted by Council;
in a way that obstructs or restricts pedestrian or vehicular traffic;
in a way that obstructs or interferes with entry to or exit from any buildings or land;
in a way that obstructs or restricts the use of any footpath or Road;
in an area other than the area specified by Council in their Permit; or
in an area designated by Council as belonging to another Itinerant Trader under their Permit

Permit Type	Duration	Cost
Itinerant Trading Permit	Per Month	$115.00
Itinerant Trading Permit	Per Year	$775.00

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