Vending cluster areas.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 49-538.12
in effectSec. 49-538.12. - Vending cluster areas.
(1) The manager may issue to any person or organization a permit for a vending cluster area for any or all of the 16th Street Pedestrian and Transit Mall. Before issuing such a permit, the manager shall refer the proposed permit to the mall use committee which shall review the request and make an advisory recommendation on the proposed location to the manager based on review of the following criteria:
a. The single applicant is a political subdivision of the State of Colorado and has a vending management program;
b. The vending cluster area and vending management program will further the goals and purposes of this division;
c. Unified management of vending in the designated vending cluster area will not detrimentally affect the purpose of other vending activities under this division; and
d. The adjacent property owner(s) have had the opportunity to provide written comments concerning the vending cluster area.
(2) Any vendors operating within a vending cluster area shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations of this division, except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.
(3) In issuing a vending cluster area permit, the manager of transportation and infrastructure shall determine the total number and location of vending sites to be granted within the vending cluster area. The manager shall establish a fee for the vending cluster area based on the total number of vending sites and the applicant for the vending cluster area permit shall then submit the fee to the manager.
(4) The vendors shall comply with all the provisions of this division, including rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, except those regarding the issuance of permits by the manager. The applicant may impose additional requirements of vendors in the vending cluster area not inconsistent with other requirements of this division. The applicant shall be solely responsible for enforcing any additional requirements so imposed.
(5) The applicant shall be responsible to the manager for implementing the vendor cluster area in accordance with the terms of the permit, the rules and regulations and this section.
(6) The vendors shall be responsible to the manager if they violate this section or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder and may be directly cited by the city for any such violation.
(7) No more than three (3) vending cluster areas may be permitted at any one (1) time.
(Ord. No. 112-94, § 1, 2-22-94; Ord. No. 889-04, § 1, 11-29-04; Ord. No. 690-09, § 1, 11-23-09; Ord. No. 39-20, § 156, 2-3-20)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH49STSIOTPUWA_ARTXIVTEOCPURI-W_DIV6.516THSTMAVE_S49-538.12VECLARFetched: 10/27/2026