ii. Duration of the Event . The special event shall take place during normal business hours or extended hours as long as the sponsoring business or nonprofit is open to the public. The operation shall cease upon the business or nonprofit closing its operation for the sponsored event. iii. Approval by Town Board of Commissioners . A special event permit shall be obtained from the Town. If the special event is proposing to close a street and/or proposing amplified sound, approval by the Town Board of Commissioners shall be required. For the purpose of this Section, special events shall be classified as a one (1) day event, except as otherwise approved by the Town Board of Commissioners. B. Commercial Sidewalk Sales . Merchandise sales promoted as a yard or garage sale by a commercial business is prohibited. Merchandise sales by commercial businesses shall be termed a “sidewalk sale”, “closeout sale”, “overstock sale”. Not more than four (4) such sales shall be conducted on the same premises in any calendar year, or not more than one (1) such sale in any calendar quarter. Each sale event shall be allowed to remain for not more than 10 consecutive days. C. Sales by Nonprofits . A nonprofit yard or garage sale is permitted on the property owned by the nonprofit organization, or it may be located on commercially zoned property with written permission of the property owner.
D. Food Truck Events .
i. Exception for Town Sanctioned Events . Events sponsored, sanctioned, or in partnership with or by the Town of Fuquay-Varina are not subject to Food Truck separation and locational requirements.
ii. Support Documentation . The special event application shall specify how a food truck supports a planned promotional, holiday, fundraising, or similar event in support of the applicant's business or organization.
E. Farmers Market . The following standards shall apply to a farmers market:
i. Farmers markets are permitted in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Corridor Commercial (CC), and General Commercial (GC) Zoning Districts by special event permit only. Farmers markets are permitted by right in the Downtown Center-1 (DC-1) Zoning District.
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