KUSA — Children can now legally operate lemonade stands in the city of Denver, City Council decided on Monday evening.
The exact verbiage in the bill allows a "children's neighborhood beverage stand" and stipulates that the people running it must be younger than 17, be in a residential neighborhood and be at least 200 feet away from any other vendor that's selling drinks.
Over Memorial Day weekend, a trio of little boys - with the help of their mom - set up the lemonade stand across the street from their Stapleton home in a park.
The lemonade stand was shut down by police because a complaint was made, and the stand did not have a temporary vending permit.
This bill would allow children to sell drinks (tea, coffee and hot chocolate) without that permit, so long as they don't operate more than 84 days total in a year.
The bill is awaiting a signature from Mayor Michael Hancock.
