City Market

Saint Paul Legislative Code tit. II, ch. 11

in effect

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.01 Market established; location.

Sec. 11.01. - Market established; location. The tract of land bounded by Fourth Street, Broadway Street, Fifth Street, and Wall Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, legally described as: Lots 1 through 6, Block 13, Whitney and Smith's Addition and that portion of Kittson's Addition adjacent thereto and lying between said Lots 1 through 6 and Broadway Street and between Fourth Street and Fifth Street, and together with such additions and extensions as hereafter be made thereto, is hereby designated and established as the City Market of the City of Saint Paul for the barter and sale of meat, fruit, vegetables, garden truck and other products of the farm, garden, greenhouse, apiary or of the forest, and other approved products, subject to all the regulations and provisions of this chapter, to all other laws and ordinances relative thereto, and to such other rules and regulations governing the same which may be promulgated and posted by the director of the department of planning and economic development. (Code 1956, § 290.01; Ord. No. 16914, 5-13-82)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.02 Market business hours.

Sec. 11.02. - Market business hours. (a) Days and hours of operation of the city market shall be posted by the market director as established by the department director; and no person shall sell or display for sale upon said market any meat, vegetables, fruit, garden truck or other products provided herein earlier or later than the hours duly posted by the market director, except that the market director, with the approval of the department director, may, if he deems it for the best interests of said city market, allow regularly approved stall renters to display their products at an earlier hour. (b) All growers occupying stalls on a season, monthly or daily permit shall after 7:00 a.m. daily vacate their regularly assigned stalls and move to the central areas as designated by the market director. (Code 1956, § 290.02)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.03 Market available to producers.

Sec. 11.03. - Market available to producers. All farmers and market gardeners who raise their own products, upon approval by the market director of their application for a producer's certificate, and any other vendor of products herein provided, shall be admitted to the use of said city market on terms of equality and without discrimination, and subject to the rules and regulations of this market and the provisions of this chapter. (Code 1956, § 290.03)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.04 Sales permitted.

Sec. 11.04. - Sales permitted. Meat, fruit, vegetables, garden truck and other products of the farm, garden, greenhouse, apiary or of the forest and other approved products may be sold on the city market. Manufactured goods, wares and merchandise may be sold if approved by the market director. No goods purchased on the market or elsewhere shall be resold or offered for sale on the market. All products offered for sale shall be placed according to regulations by the market director, and if any of said articles shall be deemed by the market director to be unwholesome or unfit to be consumed or used, he shall order the owner or owners thereof to remove the same forthwith from the city market. In the event of the failure or refusal of the owner or owners of such unwholesome or unfit articles to remove same, it shall be the duty of the market director to cause the arrest of such person and his removal from the city market. (Code 1956, § 290.04)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.05 Traffic.

Sec. 11.05. - Traffic. The market director shall promulgate reasonable rules which shall be approved by the department director for the regulation of traffic within the boundaries of said market, the place of ingress and egress, and the manner of placing and moving vehicles so as to avoid congestion and confusion and to promote the convenience of prospective purchasers and patrons. (Code 1956, § 290.05)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.06 Rentals.

Sec. 11.06. - Rentals. (a) Term; application. Stalls upon said market may be rented for one (1) year or any less period, singly or in groups. Any farmer or market gardener or association thereof who has a producer's certificate shall make application for stall space to the market director, specifying the number and location thereof. The market director, upon receipt of payment for stall rental, shall forthwith deliver to each applicant a receipt which shall entitle the holder to the use of the stall or stalls therein described for the period specified. The market director shall also grant application for stall or stalls or other services at the market for any other period desired in accordance with the schedule herein set forth. (b) Market season. The market season shall be deemed to extend from May 1 to October 31, both dates inclusive, of each year. Rental of stall space and scale weight charges shall be posted as set by the department director. (c) Payment of rental. Rental shall in all cases be payable in advance according to the above schedule. No credit shall be extended. Default in payment of rent shall immediately terminate all rights of the lessee to the stall or stalls rented without other or further notice. (Code 1956, § 290.06)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.07 Parking facilities.

Sec. 11.07. - Parking facilities. (a) The public market or any part thereof may be used for off-street automobile parking facilities and charges made for the use of said property for such purpose, and the use of said market or any part thereof for such parking facilities shall be taken at such times and in such places under the control of the department director so that the use will not in any manner interfere with or become an obstacle to the use of the city market property for city market purposes described in section 11.01. (b) The daily, weekly, monthly and other charges to be made for the privilege of using the market property for automobile parking purposes shall be set by the department director. (Code 1956, § 290.07)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.08 Weights and measures.

Sec. 11.08. - Weights and measures. The weights and measures used on the city market shall be posted and be in conformity with the standard weights and measures as regulated by the laws of the state. (Code 1956, § 290.08)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.09 Full weight required.

Sec. 11.09. - Full weight required. The market director shall prohibit the sale of all articles which are displayed or offered for sale on the market that are of less weight than represented by the container or by the seller. (Code 1956, § 290.09)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.10 Refuse.

Sec. 11.10. - Refuse. All refuse of standard garden truck from the normal market operation, such as vegetables, fruit, berries, melons or similar products, must be disposed of in such manner as the market director may order before the person discarding such material leaves the market place. If, however, any vegetable, fruit or any other unwholesome, unfit or unusual refuse not from normal market operation shall be found on or about the market, the market director shall order the owner or producer to remove same at once at the sole expense of the owner thereof. (Code 1956, § 290.10)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.11 Willfully defacing buildings, etc.

Sec. 11.11. - Willfully defacing buildings, etc. No person shall willfully deface or damage the buildings, pavement or other physical equipment of the city market. (Code 1956, § 290.11)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.12 Inspection.

Sec. 11.12. - Inspection. All products sold or brought on the city market of the City of Saint Paul shall be open to the inspection of duly authorized municipal or state health officials, officials of the city market, or any other duly authorized official of the City of Saint Paul. (Code 1956, § 290.12)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.13 Nuisances.

Sec. 11.13. - Nuisances. No person shall distribute, without the approval of the market director, scatter about or post on the city market any advertising pamphlet, card, handbill or other printed matter; nor shall any person, except as may otherwise be provided by this or other city ordinances, beg, loiter, solicit patronage for any business, or sell or attempt to sell, display or demonstrate any goods, merchandise real estate, animals, vehicles or other materials or things whatsoever on the city market. (Code 1956, § 290.13)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.14 Liquor.

Sec. 11.14. - Liquor. The rules covering the use of any wines, spirituous, intoxicating mixed or fermented liquors or beer shall be the same as those governing use in city parks. (Code 1956, § 290.14)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.15 Chapter application.

Sec. 11.15. - Chapter application. The provisions of this chapter shall extend to embrace all spaces, streets and commons on or about the market where products as provided herein are offered for sale. (Code 1956, § 290.15)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.16 Resistance to market director.

Sec. 11.16. - Resistance to market director. Every person who shall resist said market director in the lawful discharge of the several duties imposed upon him by the rules and regulations of said market and by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1956, § 290.16)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.17 Bond of director.

Sec. 11.17. - Bond of director. Before entering upon the duties of his office, said market director shall execute and deliver to the City of Saint Paul a surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such officer. (Code 1956, § 290.17)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.18 Christmas trees.

Sec. 11.18. - Christmas trees. The market director shall require all Christmas tree dealers doing business at the city market to make a deposit to said market director to ensure proper cleanup of the premises and to cover any damages that might happen to the property as a result of renting said property to the Christmas tree dealers. The amount of this deposit shall be determined by the market director with the approval of the parking administrator. Said deposit shall be returned to the Christmas tree dealers if there is no damage to the property and if the property is cleaned up to the satisfaction of the market director. (Code 1956, § 290.18)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.19 Lease of market.

Sec. 11.19. - Lease of market. The City of Saint Paul pursuant to section 51.01(9) of the Saint Paul Administrative Code may lease or cause the market to be sublet to an individual or individuals, group or groups, organization or organizations, on such conditions as deemed appropriate by the city; provided, however, that the market may not be used for anything other than the purposes specifically provided in this chapter; and provided further, that the lessee of the market shall be liable and responsible for the payment of any and all taxes, special assessments or service charges of whatever nature accruing during the term of the lease and which is imposed against the market. (Ord. No. 16914, 3-13-82)

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 11.20 Animals prohibited.

Sec. 11.20. - Animals prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, keeping or being in control of a dog or other domesticated animal to permit the animal to be on the grounds of the city market. (b) Exceptions: Guard dogs or police K9 dogs on leash accompanying police officers and horses with the police horse patrol while in performance of their duty, and any properly identified service animal which aids persons who are totally or partially blind or deaf or have physical or sensory disabilities when such animals are properly harnessed or leashed so that the person aided by the service animal may maintain control of the animal, may be permitted on the market grounds. (C.F. No. 93-421, § 1, 4-27-93; C.F. No. 97-279, § 1, 4-9-97)

Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITIICIMAAD_CH11CIMAFetched: 11/1/2026