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S <br />Attachment 2 <br />Public Market House Vendor Rules <br />1. Sellers must reside and produce the items they sell within a 50-mile radius of Hillsborough <br />and in the State of North Carolina. <br />2. Sellers must be the original producer of all items being sold. No buying and reselling of <br />produce or other products is allowed. <br />3. A seller may lease land for crop production; however if that land has an established crop on <br />it at the time of the origin of the lease, the seller must perform all operations necessary to <br />manage that crop for at least one full season prior to the season in which the fruits of that <br />crop are harvested for sale at the Market. Documentation of the lease will be required. <br />A seller who purchases land with an established perennial crop on it may harvest and sell <br />that crop in the year of purchase. <br />4. The seller's farm or business may be visited by representatives of the County Staff at any <br />time during the year in order to insure compliance with these rules and to insure the high <br />quality of products sold by the Vendor. Seller must consent to such inspection in order to <br />sell at the Market. <br />5. Sellers must pay a daily selling fee determined by the Board of County Commissioners to <br />the Market Manager before setting up their booth or stall at the Market. All checks for <br />selling fees shall be made payable to "Orange County". <br />6 A seller must occupy a reserved space at the Saturday Market by the first Saturday in May <br />or lose the right to reserve that space for the remainder of the season unless he/she notifies <br />the Market Manager before the first Saturday in May of intent to begin selling at a later <br />date. All exceptions are to be at the Market Manager's discretion. <br />7. Sellers with reserved spaces must notify the Market Manager twenty-four (24) hours in <br />advance if they will not be selling at the Market on any given Saturday so that another <br />vendor may have the opportunity to occupy that space. <br />8. Reserved spaces must be paid in advance. <br />9. Reserved spaces will be held until 7:30am on Saturdays. If you do not report to your space <br />by that time, your space may be rented out to other vendors, and your payment will be <br />refunded. <br />10. The Market will operate from 8:00am to 12:00pm on Saturdays March through November. <br />Winter hours will be scheduled according to demand.