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Falcon Heights Farmer's Market

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Background

For years the St. Paul Farmer's Market held a popular market on summer Tuesday mornings at the Har Mar mall in Roseville. Changes at Har Mar prompted the Market to seek a new location. In 2002, Twin City Co-op approached the St. Paul Farmer's Market to offer their north parking lot as a possible site for the market, in the interest of providing a new amenity in the community of Falcon Heights.

Several neighborhood meetings were held, and a new ordinance was proposed amending the City Code to allow the market to relocate to the new site. In February, 2003, the City Council approved the new ordinance after a public hearing and the recommendation of the Planning Commission.

The Market is permitted to exist by an Interim Use Permit, which places conditions on the operation of the Market, including the opportunity for the City and the credit union to re-examine the situation after the first year and decide whether or not to continue. Many of the conditions in the interim use permit were made in response to concerns expressed by neighbors.

On February 26, the City Council approved the Interim Use Permit. The Permit is in force for one year, unless terminated for failure to meet the conditions in the permit or if the city code is changed to drop this type of use. The Farmer's Market will open in the spring of 2003!

Update, April, 2005:

Following a second successful season in 2004, the Farmer's Market and host property owner Twin City Co-op applied for an extension of the market season to the beginning of May and an extension of hours to begin at 7:30 a.m. Many residents requested an earlier opening time so they could shop on their way to work. A May opening give residents an opportunity to shop for perennials and bedding plants earlier in the season. The Council granted the extension in a new Interim Use Permit for 2005. The new permit also allows the market to continue without an annual reapplication as long as the Co-op continues to be the host, and as long as all the conditions are met.

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Permit Conditions

• Market may only be open to the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to Noon local time on Tuesdays.
• Set-up will begin no earlier than 6:30 a.m., and the market must be taken down and all vendors must have vacated the Location no later than 1:30 p.m. local time.
• There may not be any sales prior to 7:30 a.m.
• There may not be more than 60 selling stalls.
• The Farmer's Market may be held on the Property during the months of May through October.
• The vendors may not occupy more than 120 parking places at the Location, for selling stalls and parking.
• No fewer than 231 parking spaces must be available at the Location for customer parking.
• Property owner must provide at least 122 parking spaces for its employees during the hours of the Farmer's Market, either at the Location or another location to be specified.
• Vendors are responsible for leaving the area clean when they leave.
• The Location and all adjoining land must be free of any trash or debris which results from the Market or is reasonably attributed to the Market.
• Vendors will sell only what they grow or produce themselves.
• Items for sale will be limited to fruit, vegetables, flowers and decorative plants, bedding plants, meat and dairy products, honey, baked goods, salsa, jams, preserves and similar products, all of which shall be subject to and must comply with applicable local, state and federal health and safety and food rules, regulations and laws, and the rules of the St. Paul Farmer's Market.
• No sound amplification devices may be used during the Farmer's Market by the Market or by vendors.
• The Property Owner's Director of Facilities will be the managing agent responsible for the conduct of the vendors in compliance with the conditions of the Interim Use Permit.
• Use of the Location must be pursuant to a written agreement between the owner of the Location and the St. Paul Farmer's Market
• The owner of the Location must make the St. Paul Farmer's Market aware of this Permit and require the St. Paul Farmer's Market to comply with all applicable terms and conditions of this Permit.
• The owner of the Location shall be obligated to make sure that a policy or policies of insurance of the proper type, kind and amount are in place to cover any injuries or damages to individuals and property which may occur at, during or as a result of the operation of the Market at this Location.
• Reasonable and appropriate measures must be taken to prevent unreasonable disturbance to adjacent properties, such as trash or debris finding its way onto the adjacent properties, and not being removed, or customers of the Market crossing over adjacent properties without permission of the owner.
• The owner of the location shall take reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that the St. Paul Farmer's Market does not disturb adjacent property owners with excessive noise.

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