Rules for farmers markets in city parking lots

(a) The department of transportation services may issue a permit, at no cost, to the department of parks and recreation to conduct the People’s Open Market program in those municipal off-street surface parking facilities located in residential neighborhoods not zoned for business, commercial, or industrial use, under the following guidelines: (1) No one facility may be used more frequently than once a week; (2) The facility may be used for no more than four hours on any one day and may only be used between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; (3) The department must first find that the facility is one that generally has space available during the hours for which the permit is issued and that the public off-street parking needs of the surrounding residential community will not be adversely affected by issuance of the permit; and (4) The persons in charge of the People’s Open Market program shall ensure that the facility is left in a clean and sanitary condition following its use. (b) The permit shall state the days and hours during which it is in effect and may include other reasonable conditions and restrictions on the People’s Open Market use permitted in subsection (a). (c) The permits may be issued on a per-use, a per-month, a biennial, or an annual basis.