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GUIDELINES
FOR BARDSTOWN FARMERS' MARKET

1. LOCATION: The Farmers Market will be located in that portion of the City of Bardstown Parking Lot as designated by the appropriate signs and directional markings near the downtown area. The Farmer's Market is on East Flaget, between North 2nd and North 3rd Street.

2. TIME: The Farmers Market will begin the first Saturday in June and will be open until approximately October 31, 2006. The market will be open four (4) days a week, on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 12:00 p.m. and Thursday evenings from 3:00 p.m. until approximately 6:30 p.m. or until the produce is sold. Participants are not allowed to set up before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays or before 2:30 p.m. on Thursdays.

3. PERMIT: A permit must be purchased before participants sell produce at the Bardstown Farmers Market. Permit fees may be changed at the start of each market season as deemed necessary.

4. Space is available on a first-come-first served basis. Limited to one parking space per participant.

5. Participation in the Bardstown Farmers Market is restricted to homegrown vegetables, fruits, flowers, etc. or produce grown in the participant's garden or on the participant's farm, which must be in Kentucky.

6. First register at Bardstown City Hall, 220 North 5th Street, Bardstown, KY 40004, and acknowledge receipt of these guidelines and rules. The permit MUST be so all customers of the Market can plainly see the permit at all times while participating in the Bardstown Farmers Market.

7. No crafts or flea market items are permitted in the Market.

8. Participants will be responsible for policing and/or cleaning up their area at the end of each market day.

9. Participants assume full responsibility for the premises during the time that they are participating in Farmers Market activities. Participants shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend the City of Bardstown against any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities and expenses, including but not limited to, attorneys' and other professional fees and defense costs arising from the loss of life, personal injury and/or damage to person or property occurring in, on, or about the premises or arising from any loss of life, personal injury, and/or damage to any person or property resulting from any act, omission, or negligence of the participant, his agents, employees or invitees.

10. The City of Bardstown reserves the right to alter rules as deemed necessary.

11. Participants must comply with all local, state, or federal laws, label or food safety and handling regulations. Any participant having obtained a Home-based Processor Registration, Home-based Microprocessor Certification, or a commercial permit MUST display it so all customers can plainly see.

12. WIC and Senior Program (Farmers' Market Nutrition Program) participants agree to sign their names as well as their farmer ID number to the back of the coupons prior to turning them into the Market Coordinator at City Hall. WIC and Senior Program (Farmers' Market Nutrition Program) participants MUST display a "We Gladly Accept Kentucky Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Coupons/Checks " sign so all customers can plainly see (Sign provided by Bardstown Farmers' Market). All participants agree to follow all WIC and Senior coupon rules and regulations.

13. Participants agree that in the event they violate any of the guidelines or rules set out above, they shall be prohibited from further participation in the Farmers Market for the remainder of the season.