Market Vendors

Market open and close procedures

When vendors open and close on Farmers Market Days, you must:

• Arrive and be set up at the Market Square by 8 a.m. on Thursday's and by 7 a.m. on Saturday's
• Stay open until 2 p.m. on Thursday's and 1 p.m. on Saturday's unless previously arranged with the Market Coordinator
• Remove all garbage and litter from your stall prior to close
• Always have someone in attendance at your stall

Market conduct rules

To follow our market conduct rules, you must not:

• Behave in an unprofessional or disrespectful manner
• Obstruct or interfere with other market vendors
• Shout, commit any nuisance or be disorderly
• Set up in a stall that is assigned to another vendor without approval from the Market Coordinator
• Place or leave any building, trailer, table, stand, tarp or other structures on Market Square unless it has been approved
• Load and unload in undesignated areas and take no longer than 30 minutes
• Use more than two electrical outlets at any one time
• Use electrical equipment which is in an unsafe condition or does not comply with Canadian Standards Association (C.S.A.)
• Have your stall in an unorganized, unclean manner
• Have any tables or display shelving that is not clean, neatly painted, stained or covered with cloth or vinyl or has jagged, rough or sharp corners
• Fail to comply with the requirements of any applicable statute, law, by-law, regulation, ordinance or order at any time, including any parking by-laws

If you break any of the rules we have listed, you will be asked to leave the Market Square by the Market Coordinator.

Rules for selling and distributing

When selling or distributing any product at the Farmers Market, you must not sell or distribute:

• Anything at the Farmers Market except when it agrees with the Market Square By-Law, the vendor lease agreement, the daily permit or written consent from the Market Coordinator
• A product other than a high-quality, wholesome product as determined by the Market Coordinator
• Any fresh or cured meat, fresh or smoked fish, poultry, cheese, prepared foods intended for immediate consumption or any foods classified as 'hazardous' except from a stall or vehicle approved by the Niagara Health Services Department
• Any homemade or commercially produced food product without a label that includes the producer's name and address
• Any food products that cannot be easily washed without the products being covered by gauze, wax paper or other covering or wrapping to protect the product from flies, dust, vermin or other contamination
• A product that can be exposed to pollution from animals, birds or any other source
• A product that has been exposed or offered for sale, which is not fit for human consumption, considered second grade goods, or fails to follow health protection grading or packaging legislation and regulations

Vehicles and parking permits

If you are a vendor that needs a vehicle to sell your goods at the Farmers Market before and during market hours, you must fill out our vendor permit. You must also not:

• Park or leave any motor vehicle in Market Square that does not follow our by-laws, or without consent from the Market Coordinator
• Interfere with the flow of traffic on the driveways of the Market Square Park with a vehicle, any ramps or tailgates, or anything else that might block the sidewalk or driveways
• Park in any of the Market Square area except the parts contained within the limits of your stall defined by the Market Square By-Law
• Place or leave any vehicle or transportation vehicle on Market Square during open hours unless you are transporting goods and conducting sales with a Vendor Lease Agreement or Daily Permit

Advertising

If you are advertising as a vendor, you can only advertise in Market Square except by using signs that are assigned to your stall to identify a product, its price, its origin or its vendor. Please note that the Market Square may support advertising for vendors, and any advertising permitted by the Market Square By-Law is accepted.