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Title 12 — STREETS, TRAILS AND PUBLIC PLACES

Portola Valley Municipal Code Ch. 12.10 Commercial Use of Town Outdoor Recreational Facilities

Portola Valley Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Portola Valley

Cite as: Portola Valley Municipal Code Chapter 12.10 · Text as of 2026-10-04

12.10.010 - Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the group commercial use of the town's outdoor recreational facilities, including, but not limited to, the performance lawn, athletic fields, and tennis and all-sports courts, in order to provide for the orderly and safe use of such recreational facilities.

(Ord. 2019-430, § 1, 2019; Ord. 2011-392 § 1, 2011)

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12.10.020 - Prohibited group commercial activities.

No person shall engage in group commercial activities on the town's outdoor recreational facilities, including, but not limited to, the performance lawn, athletic fields, and tennis and all sports courts, that are of an intensity and frequency that displaces town residents seeking to use these outdoor recreational facilities or displaces town organized classes or instructional activities without entering into a written agreement with the town or obtaining the appropriate permit from the town, unless permitted as a sidewalk vendor by Section 5.08.100. For purposes of this chapter, group commercial activities include the sale of goods, wares, merchandise, services or property or any other act or transaction involving the exchange of money or other consideration that involves more than a one-on-one transaction. For example, prohibited group commercial activities do not include one-on-one tennis instruction.

(Ord. 2019-430, § 1, 2019; Ord. 2011-392 § 1, 2011)

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12.10.030 - Town-sponsored events.

All town-sponsored events require a temporary special permit to vend.

(Ord. 2019-430, § 1, 2019)

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12.10.040 - Penalties.

Any person that violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction.

(Ord. 2019-430, § 1, 2019; Ord. 2011-392 § 1, 2011)

Editor's note— Ord. 2019-430, § 1, adopted Feb. 27, 2019, renumbered former § 12.10.030 as § 12.10.040.

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