ORDINANCE NO. 120926

Repealing Chapter 50 Article XII, Code of Ordinances, entitled “Major Sporting Event Districts” and Section 50-454(a)(7), Code of Ordinances, relating to a prohibition on street vending within a Major Sporting Event District to remove regulations put into place specifically for the 2012 Major League Baseball All Star Game events.

WHEREAS, to foster a successful hosting of the 2012 Major League Baseball All Star Game the City enacted regulations designed to address the unique circumstances of the game and the events surrounding it; and

WHEREAS, these rules apply only to sporting events expected to draw at least 35,000 or more persons to two or more venues within the major sporting event district for two or more public event days; and

WHEREAS, when these types of events are again hosted by the City appropriate regulations for the events can be established to meet their unique needs; and

WHEREAS, to comprehensively address vending a special restriction on the location of street vendors within major sporting event districts was enacted as Section 50-454(a)(7); and

WHEREAS, with the repeal of Chapter 50, Article XII, there will be no major sporting event districts; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 50, Article XII, Code of Ordinances, entitled “Major Sporting Event Districts” which includes sections 50-475 through 50-482, is repealed.

Section 2. That section 50-454(a)(7), Code of Ordinances is repealed.

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Approved as to form and legality:

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William Geary

City Attorney