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Footpath Trading and business sign permits

You need to apply for a permit if you want to do any of the following:

  • provide alfresco dining as part of your restaurant
  • put up A-frame or other signs for your business
  • sell goods on the footpath or nature strip.

All permits are valid for 12 months. Ongoing customers are issued with a permit renewal notice and invoiced approximately 30 days prior to the expiration of their existing permit.

Transferring permits

  • Permits cannot be transferred if a business has been sold.
  • If you have recently purchased a business that had a street trading permit, you must apply for a new permit.

Fees

  • The application fee and permit fee are both payable at time of application for once off placements and new annual permits.
  • Permit fee will be refunded if your application is unsuccessful. Permit fees are payable annually and are subject to change.

Application fee - $150 (non-refundable)
A-Frame sign - $150 each
Permit fee for seats for outdoor dining - $35.50 each
Structures - $142 each (e.g. heater, umbrella, shelves, etc)

Apply using our online forms:

Footpath / Outdoor Trading - A-Frame Sign Only Permit

Footpath / Outdoor Trading - Dining / Goods/ Sign Permit

Or complete the relevant sections of the Street Trading Permit Application Form.

Your permit application must be received 14 days before the permit start date.

Submit your application

Submit your application form and payment:

What happens next

  • We will consider your application. If we need more information, we will contact you.
  • We may need to arrange an inspection of your premises. We will contact you to arrange a suitable time.
  • If the inspection is satisfactory, we will approve your permit within 7 business days.
  • In most cases additional permit fees apply. If your permit is approved, we will send you an invoice for the permit fees. After you pay this invoice, we will issue your permit.

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You may also need to apply with VicRoads

While we maintain some roads in Casey, some are under the control of VicRoads. If you want to conduct business on a VicRoads controlled road, you must apply with them before you apply for a Council permit.

To check if the street or public place is Council owned, you can:

If you are serving or selling food or alcohol

If your business sells food, you must make sure you have a food business registration. If you are selling or serving alcohol, you must make sure you have a valid liquor licence.

You must provide a site plan

We will only approve a permit if your footpath trading meets the permit conditions. These conditions are designed to make sure the footpath remains safe and usable for pedestrians. You must provide a site plan that illustrates how you will use Council's footpath or nature strip. Your site plan must show how you will meet the conditions of the permit. 

Photographs and/or brochures may also be submitted to support your application.

Use our template to draw a site plan

You must provide a site plan that illustrates how you will use Council's footpath or nature strip. Your site plan must show how you will meet the conditions of the permit. The application form has a template which you can complete and submit.

Street trading permit conditions

Minimum and maximum distances

You must provide a minimum:

  • 1.8 metres width clear passage for pedestrians.
  • 0.7 metre width safety set back from the kerbside to allow for the overhang of cars or opening of car doors.
  • 0.5 metre width clear passage from the side boundaries of the premises to allow pedestrians to access the pedestrian zone from the kerbside.

This can be viewed in a diagram format.

Placement of objects

All objects must be:

  • Placed within the shaded trading zone specified in the template. You cannot place objects against the property line or shop front.
  • Positioned so browsing shoppers do not block footpaths or other pedestrian access.
  • Removed when business has ceased trading each day. No object can impair the vision of motorists or pedestrians.

Tables and chairs

Tables and chairs must be of an outdoor design that is:

  • Portable.
  • Sturdy and windproof.
  • Stabilised with a rubber pad.
  • Uniform in design and style within the one premises.

Umbrellas

Umbrellas used in conjunction with any table must allow a minimum height clearance of 2.2 metres above the footpath and must not protrude beyond the trading zone.

All umbrellas must comply with any relevant Australian Safety Standards.

Gas heaters

Gas heaters used on the footpath must comply with:

  • AS 4565-2001 (AG405) Radiant Gas Heaters.
  • AS 5601/AG 601-2000 Gas Installations.

Screens, barriers and planter boxes

Screens, barriers and planter boxes cannot exceed one metre in height and two metres in length. They must only be placed on the perimeter of the approved trading zone.

A-frame and other signs

You are permitted a maximum of one A-frame sign per business. The A-frame must not exceed a height of 0.9 metres and a width of 0.6 metres.

Any other sign must provide a minimum of 2.2 metres clearance above the footpath.

Displaying goods

All display stands must be:

  • Portable.
  • A maximum height of 1.5 metres and a maximum width of one metre.

The display of fresh flowers, fruit and vegetables, tinned or dry packaged food, and plants must also be a minimum height of 0.6 metres above the footpath level.

You must have public liability insurance

You must hold public liability insurance with a minimum of $20 million to receive a permit. The permit must be held in the name of the applicant and contain the following clause:

Obligation to Insure

The Permit Holder shall at all times during the agreed Term, be the holder of a current Public Liability Policy of Insurance (“The Public Liability Policy”) in respect of the activities specified herein in the name of the Permit Holder providing coverage for a minimum sum of $20M (or more). The Public Liability Policy shall cover such risks and be subject only to such conditions and exclusions as are approved by the Council and shall extend to cover the Council in respect to claims for personal injury or property damage arising out of the negligence of the Permit holder.

Council's indemnity

The Permit Holder agrees to indemnify and to keep indemnified, the Council, its servants and agents, and each of them from and against all actions, costs, claims, charges, expenses, penalties, demands and damages whatsoever which may be brought or made or claimed against them, or any of them, in connection with the Permit Holders performance or purported performance of its obligations under this Permit and be directly related to the negligent acts, errors or omission of the Permit Holder.

The Permit Holders liability to indemnify the Council shall be reduced proportionally to the extent that any act or omission of the Council, its servants or agents, contributed to the loss or liability.

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