Missoula Saturday Market

MARKET RULES

of the

MISSOULA SATURDAY MARKET

Current: 2005 Season

Reminder of most violated rules:
    - All canopies must be weighted on all four legs (20 lbs. per leg recommended). All
       umbrellas must be securely fastened and weighted with a minimum of 30 lbs.
      - All vendors must be off the street by 1:45. No exceptions.

**** Violations are subject to fines and potential loss of vending privileges.

1. All Market participants, guest vendors and members shall comply with these Market Rules, Ordinances of the City of Missoula, and Statutes of the State of Montana while at the Market.

2. The Market Coordinator shall enforce safety provisions during set up and take down, including, but not limited to, speed regulations and canopy use in high wind or other mutually dangerous conditions.

a. No person shall move vehicles in the Market Area at a speed faster than normal walking speed (3 mph) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 2 p.m.

b. Vendors shall use vehicle horns to alert other persons to their presence.

c. Vendors shall comply with the Market Coordinator's instructions regarding the safe use of canopies* and shall remove them if instructed to do so by the Coordinator due to unsafe use thereof.
* All canopies must be weighted on all four legs (20 lbs. per leg recommended). All umbrellas must be securely fastened and weighted with a minimum of 30 lbs.

d. No vehicles are allowed in the Market Area after 9 a.m. or before 1 p.m. unless authorized by the Market Coordinator due to early closure or serious need due to a dangerous situation.

e. Vendors shall not bring dogs into the Market Area.

f. Vendors shall not use or possess alcohol or illegal drugs in the Market Area

3. The Market Coordinator shall determine what locations are available for guest Vendors and collect fees from said Vendors pursuant to the fee schedule set by the Board of Directors. All guest Vendors will sign a contractual agreement with the Market Coordinator or said Vendor will not be allowed into the Market area.

4. Member Vendors may trade reserved Market Spaces on a permanent basis by notifying the Board of directors of the exchange.

5. No Member Vendor may sell, trade, or give his or her reserved Market Space to another member Vendor or guest Vendor, except as provided in #4 above. Member Vendors may hire employees to work in their Market Spaces selling the Vendor's wares if their initial application lists said employees or the Board of Directors has been notified of the Member Vendor’s hiring of said employee.

6. Any Member Vendor with a reserved Market Space who is not attending a particular Market or Markets should notify the Market Coordinator as far in advance as possible.

7. Any Member Vendor who has not occupied* his or her reserved Market Space by 8:30 a.m. shall forfeit that location if a guest Vendor wishes to rent the Market Space and pays the rental fees to the market Coordinator. The Market Coordinator is not allowed to make special arrangements regarding this rule with any Vendor.
* Occupy = sign in at table AND place a physical item in space (boxes, chair, etc.)

8. All Member and Guest Vendors shall obey the instructions of the Market Coordinator in the Market Area during the hours of operation of the Market, including set up and take down*. Disputes or disagreements will be resolved pursuant to these Rules, the Corporate Bylaws and common sense by the Board Member assigned to direction of the Market Coordinator.
* All vendors must be off the street by 1:45

9. All Vendors shall follow the parking regulations of the market and City of Missoula without exception. The Market Coordinator shall monitor parking within 200 feet of the market boundaries and notify the Board of directors regarding any Vendor's violation of the parking regulations if the Vendor refuses to comply with said regulations.

10. Vendors shall not create disturbances, argue, yell, fight, or use profane or indecent language in a manner which disturbs other Vendors or guests. Vendors are urged to treat other Vendors and guests in a polite and courteous manner and to report any violation of these rules to the Market Coordinator.

11. Market spaces unclaimed by 8:00 a.m. shall be assigned in the following order.

a. First choice of an unclaimed space shall be assigned to current market members who have requested to move to an open space other than their own on a one day basis.

b. When all current market members who have requested a temporary move have been assigned a space, then guest vendors who are selling arts and crafts shall be assigned any remaining unclaimed spaces. Any still remaining spaces shall then be assigned to non-arts and crafts vendors meeting market requirements as vendors.

c. For details regarding member and guest space assignment, please see:

member check-in guest check-in

12. Current market members in good standing who have placed their name on the waiting list shall have first choice to move to any vacant market space, and be assigned that space on a permanent basis. Vacated spaces normally may be available at the beginning of each market season in the month of May. Vacated market spaces shall not be assigned to prospective new market members until all current members who desire to move to another location and who have placed their name on a waiting list for that purpose have been given the opportunity to move to a new space.

13. Arts and Crafts for the market purposes shall be defined as follows: Hand crafted objects subject to aesthetic or utilitarian criteria such as paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, pottery, jewelry, woodcrafts, handmade beads, handmade clothing, needlecrafts, and machine made or mass produced items into which a significant hand worked embellishment has been added such as tee-shirts, purses or other items onto which embroidery, hand painting, beadwork or handwork of a similar media has been added.The market board of directors shall in all cases be the authority as to whether any items are classified as arts and crafts.

14. The Missoula Saturday Market is defined as an Arts and Crafts market. Membership in the Missoula Saturday Market shall be granted only to persons vending arts and crafts items as defined by Article Thirteen (13) of these Market Rules.