By Wad Rotson

City of Buffalo Economic Development Director Brian Reilly released a “Permit Process Tip Sheet” today and reminded all vendors that the deadline to apply for a permit to conduct any business within the confines of the City of Buffalo was Friday, March 31, 1988.

Here are Reilly’s helpful tips for vendors:

1. Download a permit application online using the “Easy Permit” link found on the City of Buffalo’s CityServices webpage.

2. Complete the application in Braille and English (use blue or black ink).

3. Collect the necessary supplemental forms from “Steve” who can usually be found in City Hall before 11 am between the 6th and 8th floors.  Look for him outside of the basement-level women’s bathroom after 1 pm.

4. If you are selling perishable items, please attach to your Easy Permit application the following items: your original birth certificate (no copies), your original NYS enhanced driver’s license, a copy of your library card.  Please note that none of these documents will be returned to you.

5. If you will be using a cart to sell items, please include an official, notarized transcript showing your elementary school report card grades and a police report estimating that your blood-alcohol-content will fall within the legal limit on the date you plan to begin vending your product.

6. Any individual who will use a bicycle to transact business in the City of Buffalo must apply for an Economic Impact study to be conducted by any available relatives of Mr. Brian Reilly.  Bicyclists will be limited to the following sales zones: Goodyear Avenue, Grider Avenue, 10th Street, Lake Erie.  Due to the unpredictable wave heights in the lake, a Coast Guard-approved floatation device must be attached to your bicycle at all times.

7. The sale of cheese is now prohibited within the City of Buffalo by any vendor whose last name begins with the letters “A” through “G” and/or “I” through “Z.”

8. It is illegal for vendors to sell alcohol to minors except in South Buffalo’s Cazenovia Park.  For those vendors, a $1200 one-day temporary liquor license is available at the South Park Golf Course starter’s kiosk.

9. Once your application and supplemental forms have been approved, please report to the men’s room in Ellicott Creek Park for the “City of Buffalo New Vendor Orientation.”  Remember to wear shorts.

10. It’s just that easy!