2-10-62. Prohibited acts; penalty.

It shall be unlawful for any person on a farmers’ market to:#

1. (1)

   Engage in deceptive or dishonest trade practices;#

2. (2)

   Do any act or use any language insulting to another tenant or customer; intimidate a shopper into purchasing his or her products; attempt to fix the price of products of any other farmer, vendor, or merchant; or circulate false reports tending to upset or destroy the operation of the market;#

3. (3)

   Use any profane, abusive, or discourteous language on the market;#

4. (4)

   Break, deface, or destroy any part of a building upon the market; interfere with electrical fixtures or wiring; or do any act tending to destroy the physical properties of the market;#

5. (5)

   Move any cull agricultural products from any farmers’ market for any purpose other than use as garbage or livestock feed or for dumping;#

6. (6)

   Sell, offer, or expose for sale any products not meeting the requirements of the laws of this state relating to weights and measures;#

7. (7)

   Use any false pack;#

8. (8)

   Sublet any stall or space without the express written approval of the Commissioner;#

9. (9)

   Fail or refuse to remove any vehicle or property upon direction of the farmers’ market manager;#

10. (10)

    Erect any facility or structure upon a farmers’ market without the express written approval of the Commissioner; or#

11. (11)

    Sell or offer for sale any items at a farmers’ market without the license required by subsection (a) of Code Section 2-10-59, if applicable.#

Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#