Rules and Regulations of The Jefferson County Truck Growers Association

1. The Market Manager, or his designated agent shall have the right of supervision and general control of the market, streets and alleys immediately adjoining thereto, and shall collect all fees, rents, etc., and deliver to each lessee, buyer, or seller the required receipts or ticket for their use while doing business on the Market grounds.

2. No lessee, buyer, or seller shall deface of damage the buildings, loading platforms, packing sheds, streets, or other physical equipment of said market, normal wear and tear excepted.

3. No person shall sell or offer for sale on the market any item until the required fee or rent has been paid to the Market Manager or designated agent.

4. The Market Manager, or his duly authorized agent, shall have the authority to direct the arrangement, parking and movement of all vehicles on the Market, including those of lessees, buyers, and sellers.

5. No person renting a stall, space, or blocks on the Market shall sell, sublet or assign the same, or any part thereof or use same for any purpose other than loading, unloading, displaying and selling farm products without the express written consent of the Market Manager.

6. False packs are prohibited, and sharp and dishonest practices carried on at the Market will be punished by expulsion from the Market.

7. The use of profane, abusive, or discourteous language on the Market is prohibited and is punishable by expulsion from the Market.

9. Any person leasing space on the Market, or any other person while on the Market, who does any act that endangers the lives or property of others on the Market will be expelled from the Market.

10. No vendor or other lessee on the Market shall do any act or use any language, intended to insult another tenant or customer, or to intimidate a shopper into purchasing his produce, nor shall they attempt to fix the price of produce of any farmer or other vendor or merchant. Every vendor pr seller on the Market shall sell his or her produce at whatever price they deem appropriate without the interference from any other vendor on the Market.

11. Any tenant or vendor who circulates false reports of stories tending to disturb, destroy or upset the operation of the Market, or that may cause distress or damage to other tenants by way of loss of prices, shall be expelled from the Market.

12. Any user of space on the Market, either under roof or in the open, must keep his immediate premises clean, sanitary and orderly, and any person violating this rule shall be immediately removed from the Market grounds by the Market Manager or his agent.

13. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to lease warehouse units in the Market must file with the Market Manager a written request for such space with the following information: name of person, partners of firm desiring said space; products to be handled; number of years in produce business; name of bank used; and other information as may be requested by the Market Manager at the time. Accompanying said written request will be required a deposit of one month's rent in advance. The association reserves the right to reject any and all requests and to promptly refund any deposits.

14. All platforms, aisles and walkways must be kept free and clear at all times and all produce must be displayed at least two feet off the ground and no produce may be displayed in the aisles.

15. All trucks must be parked with their tailgate toward the blocks.

17. No vendors of any type allowed on the Market without written consent of the Market Manager or his designated agent.

18. All state, city, county, and federal laws must be observed and any violation of said applicable laws will subject the violator to expulsion from the Market.

19. After three complaints against a vendor, lessee or other seller on the Market for questionable behavior in their activities while on the Market will subject that person to expulsion from the Market.

20. The Market or any of its employees shall not be responsible for any loss of private property located on the Market through theft or otherwise. The Market will not be responsible for personal injuries or damage to private property on the Market.

21. There shall be no vehicles allowed on the Market that are not operable and any vehicles left on the Market in a non-operable condition will be removed from the Market and stored at the owner's expense.

22. Any person, vendor, lessee or other seller on the Market who violates any of these rules and regulations will be subject to immediate expulsion from the Market. Any person who has been expelled from the Market or had selling privileges revoked shall be barred from the Market until reinstated by the Board of Directors. Any person whose privileges have been revoked or who have been expelled by the Market Manager may appeal from said revocation or expulsion to the Board of Directors. Said appeal must be made in writing within seventy-two hours after the revocation or expulsion and such appeal shall set forth in a concise manner the cause of the revocation or expulsion and the reasons for appealing therefrom. The Board of Directors shall fix a time for hearing not less than one day, or more than three days, after the appeal has been filed. After hearing such appeal, the Board of Directors may affirm the revocation or expulsion, or reinstate the applicant, and the action of the Board of Directors shall be conclusive and final.

23. All tenants, sellers, venders or other lessees of space on the Market shall be responsible for the actions of their employees and workers. Any violation by their workers or employees of the above and foregoing rules and regulations, shall subject said tenant, lessee, vender, etc., to the same penalties described herein as if they personally had violated the same rule or regulation. The Market Manager, or his agent, has the right to remove any employee or worker from the Market premises for violation of these rules and may impose appropriate penalties on the employer for the action of his or her employees.

24. Farmers' stalls and parking spaces shall be rented either by the year or by the day. When farmers' stalls are rented by the year, the association reserves the right to rent those same stalls by the day when such stalls are not being used by said yearly lease.

25. All lessees, tenants, venders, farmers, buyers, or sellers on the Market shall be responsible and liable for their daily use of electrical service for personal fans, air conditioners, coffee pots, radios, etc., and the amount of said use of electricity is payable daily to the Market Manager in addition to the regular rental fee for space. The amount of said daily additional payment for electrical service will be based upon Alabama Power Company's currant estimate of daily charges for electrical service necessary to run each such electrical appliance being used by said lessee.

26. Burning of open fires, salamanders or any other type heater which emits smoke or in any way endangers Market property is strictly forbidden. Any person who violates this rule will be subject to thirty (30) days suspension of Market privileges and the use of Market facilities as provided within these rules and regulations.

27. Any truck not loaded shall be moved and that space rented to someone else. A farmer cannot hold a space with a truck with one item on it or by a board being placed on the space. The same rule applies to a block.

28. The above and foregoing rules and regulations are subject to change at any time at the discretion of the association and or Board of Directors and any such change will be posted prior to its taking effect.