As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
GROWER or PRODUCER
Any person offering for sale articles for human consumption, such
as fruits, vegetables, edible grains, nuts and berries, apiary products, eggs
and seafood items or nonedible articles, such as cut or potted flowers and
plants and local homemade arts and crafts, which articles have been raised,
prepared or caught by the grower or producer, members of his family or by
persons in his employ. The sale of any type of meat, poultry and refrigerated
dairy products shall be prohibited.
OPEN-AIR MARKET
A designated area where, on designated days and times, growers and
producers may sell directly to the public in accordance with applicable state
and town regulations. The town shall have the right to relocate or discontinue
the market, to specify the days and times of its use and to stipulate what
may or may not be sold at the market.
A Market Master shall be appointed by the Commissioners of Leonardtown and shall serve at the pleasure of the Commissioners at such compensation
as the Commissioners shall fix, from time to time.
The Market Master shall review the application of any grower or producer
offering articles for sale, issue permits and collect fees therefor, assign
spaces to growers and producers, maintain the market cleanliness, enforce
the market regulations under the direction of the Commissioners of Leonardtown
and establish a system of bookkeeping for the market in conjunction with the
system used by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Town of Leonardtown.
An applicant for a permit to sell goods within the market shall submit
to the Market Master, together with the required fee, an application, in writing,
containing the following information.
A. The name, address and phone number of the applicant.
B. Products for which a sale permit is sought.
D. A warranty that such products are fit for human consumption
or use.
E. Certificate of production as provided in §
97-6.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Leonardtown or designated
official to review the activities of the market and make such operating rules
and regulations as necessary to govern the operations of the market.
There is hereby created a Market Fund. All fees and other revenue derived
from the open-air market shall be accounted for and immediately turned over
to the Town Secretary or Treasurer and deposited in the Market Fund. Expenses
for the market shall be approved and paid by the Commissioners of Leonardtown
from the Market Fund.
Any person, firm or corporation lawfully acting pursuant to a permit
issued under this chapter shall be exempt during the term of said permit from
the provisions of Ordinance No. 36, enacted on December 9, 1968, by the Commissioners
of Leonardtown.