South Pittsburg City Administrator Sammy Burrows
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. – Vendors looking to sell their merchandise inside the city limits soon could begin paying more for a permit.
City Administrator Sammy Burrows said he met with South Pittsburg police officers last week and instructed them that if they see peddlers “start pulling their junk out to sell, tell them to hit the road.”
“Basically, what happens is every year when it starts getting warm, we have people slide into town, and they want to throw their stuff out on the front street,” he said. “It junks up downtown. It’s not fair for our local businesses that pay taxes.”
South Pittsburg’s current ordinance requires a $20 fee for a peddler’s permit.
Burrows said city commissioners need to examine raising that fee because a peddler who wants to sell goods in the downtown area “needs to pay for it.”