Outdoor Artist

 

Licensing Board Rules & Regulations

10.01 Outdoor Artist or Sidewalk Artist

The Provincetown Board of Selectmen voted to establish a license category for outdoor artist. (7/24/86)

a)      Sidewalk artist engaged in commercial activity will be limited to six display paintings and one painting in progress.

b)      The artist shall solely offer his/her own work.

c)      A license can be granted only after zoning and electrical requirements are satisfied.

d)      No artist shall work after 11:00 p.m.

e)      These rules shall not apply to artists working in public, while not engaged in commercial activity.

f)        The display and work in progress should not impede motor or pedestrian traffic.

g)      Approval for any type of art that touches the human body will be applied through the Board of Health.

 

The Provincetown General Bylaws:

8. LICENSING AND REGULATION OF BUSINESSES

8-2. Notification of intent to commence business. No corporation, foreign or domestic, (and no person, partnership or association not required by law to obtain a license for the conduct of its business) shall within the Town of Provincetown conduct any retail or wholesale business involving the sale or rental of goods, without first registered annually with the Licensing Agent.

 

8-7. Annual inspection and filings. Following registration, all premises shall undergo an annual inspection scheduled by the Licensing Agent, conducted by the Department of Municipal Inspections, and are subject to all registration fees and inspection fees, and will have filed a current certificate of good standing or a certificate of cooperate legal existence, and will have filed a copy of articles of organization attesting to the corporate status of the registrant.

 

8-8. Conducting business without proper license(s). No business licensed by the Licensing Board shall open without having obtained and paid for the appropriate license.