Anthony Suarez, Charlottetown street vendor, will fight curfew
Anthony Suarez says he'll lose late-night bar traffic if forced to close at midnight
A Charlottetown street vendor says a bylaw that forces him to shut down at midnight will take a big bite out of business.
Anthony Suarez, who sells sausages under a big red umbrella on a Charlottetown street corner, told CBC News a mainstay of his business — the late-night rush after the bars close — is now out of reach.
"The business has to be until 2:30 or so in the morning because that's when the business comes, the people from the bars," said Suarez.
The bylaw requiring street vendors to shut down at midnight was passed a year ago, but Suarez said he just got notice this week.
City officials say they're responding to noise complaints.
"We're just … trying to find a happy medium between the street vendors and the residents here in the city of Charlottetown that are trying to live and get up and go to work the next day," said Coun. Jason Coady.
Council has also put a limit on noise coming from portable generators on food trucks.
Suarez said he intends to start a petition and wants to talk to city council about the midnight curfew.
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