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16.70.550 Vendor Traffic Regulations.

City Code Section
  1. A.  It is unlawful for any:
    1. 1.  Vehicle, cart, or temporary stand used to conduct business to be left unattended for 30 or more minutes or parked or stored overnight on any public grounds, street, or highway. See also: Portland City Code Sections 14A.50.030, 14A.50.040, and 14A.50.050, Subsections 16.20.150 D. and 16.60.100 F., and Chapters 17.25 and 17.26.
    2. 2.  Vendor to conduct business in a roadway adjacent to or directly across from residential property for a period longer than 10 minutes within any block face. Such vendor must vacate said block face for a period of two hours upon expiration of the 10-minute limit.
  2. B.  Whenever, in the judgement of the Bureau of Police, traffic is or will be congested in and around an area being used by a vendor, the Bureau of Police may cause said vendors to move and remain out of the congested area.

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