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CHAPTER 733 Tent Sales & Special Events 733.01 Definitions. 733.04 Pedestrian walkway obstructions. 733.02 Permit required. 733.99 Penalty. 733.03 Duration and frequency. 733.01 DEFINITIONS. (a) "Commercial establishment" means any local business, store, warehouse or other mercantile building carrying on a business for profit where commodities are received, exchanged, bought or sold. (b) "Pedestrian walkway" means any clearly defined area on a retail business property that is designed for pedestrian travel and serves to provide pedestrians access to building entrances, parking areas, public sidewalks, or transit connections. (c) "Special event" in this chapter means any event hosted by a local business during which temporary structures such as tents and membrane structures (as defined in the Ohio Building Code section 3102.2), are erected at a commercial establishment for promotional or celebratory purposes. (d) "Tent sale" means any event during which a local business erects a tent or other membrane structure (as defined in the Ohio Building Code section 3102.2) under which to engage in the sale of goods and services at a commercial establishment. 733.02 PERMIT REQUIRED. (a) Permit required. Any local business wishing to hold a temporary tent sale or special event at a commercial establishment shall, before the opening of such event, procure a special event permit from the Building Commissioner, which application shall not be made less than ten (10) days prior to the time such activity is to take place. (b) Application. A nonrefundable special event application fee of $25.00 shall be submitted at the time of application. For special events involving the use of tents and temporary structures, additional permit fees are established in Chapter 1321. If a tent sale or special event makes use of a tent having an area of 400 square feet or above, the tent is subject to the Ohio Building Code Section 3102, and must complete the section titled "Tents" attached to the application for a special event permit. 733.03 DURATION AND FREQUENCY. No tent sale or special event may run for duration longer than fifteen (15) consecutive days and for a frequency greater than two (2) times in any calendar year. 733.04 PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY OBSTRUCTIONS No owner or tenant of any commercial establishment shall store any goods, merchandise, carts or other personal property, or offer for sale or display any goods or merchandise on a pedestrian walkway in a manner that obstructs or unreasonably impairs the use of any pedestrian walkway. For purposes of this section, a pedestrian walkway shall be deemed to be obstructed or its use unreasonably impaired if any goods or merchandise are stored, offered for sale, or in any