Agenda item

The Committee had before it, for its consideration, a report to explain the current system in place with regards to all aspects of street trader licences and to make suggestions for changes to update the practice and procedure relating to these licences.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(i)       considers whether it wishes to revoke (or otherwise) the current requirement whereby all applications for new hot food sites and new applicants for existing hot food sites require to be advertised in a local newspaper.

If it does wish to revoke the requirement for advertising, that it decides which measure(s) (if any) it wishes to have in place;

(ii)      maintains the current practice whereby hot food applications for new sites must be brought before the Committee for determination;

(iii)      revokes the current 100 metre rule detailed in Condition 10 (Conditions Applicable to Street Traders Licence – “The Conditions”) annexed as appendix A to this report;

(iv)      maintains its current guidelines prohibiting street trading in the city centre;

(v)      adopts in principle a new condition prohibiting the siting of street trading stances which sell any type of food and / or drinks within a specified radius of the outer boundary of a school at all times;

(vi)      if the Committee adopts the new condition as per (v) above, it should determine what the specified radius will be;

(vii)     adopts in principle the amended current conditions as detailed in appendix B of this report;

(viii)    maintains all nine zones in relation to street traders licences for mobile vans pending a potential change in legislation; and

(ix)      maintains the current one year duration for a street trader’s licence.

The Committee was advised by Brenda Flaherty, Legal Manager, that maps were available showing the number of street traders within 100, 200 and 400 metres of the outer boundary of all schools in the city.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to maintain the requirement whereby all applications for new hot food sites and new applicants for existing hot food sites required to be advertised in a local newspaper.  It further instructed officers to advertise these applications on the PINS website;

(ii)      adopt recommendation (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vii), (viii) and (ix).

With regard to recommendation (v), whereby the Committee would prohibit siting of a street trader stance which sells any type of food and / or drinks within a specified radius of the outer boundary of a school at all times, Councillor Kirsty West, seconded by the Convener, moved:-

that the radius should be 400 metres from the outer boundary of secondary schools only.

Councillor Boulton, seconded by Councillor Dunbar, moved as an amendment:-

that the radius should be 200 metres from the outer boundary of all schools.

On a division, there voted:-  for the motion (8) – the Convener; and Councillors Allan, Collie, Fletcher, Hunter, Noble, John Stewart and Kirsty West;  for the amendment (4) – Councillors Boulton, Corall, Dunbar and Farquharson.

The Committee resolved:-

to adopt the motion.