Iowa Company Fights To Keep Vending Machine On City Owned Sidewalk

In order to expand operations after business hours, Gone Fishin’ Sporting Goods store located in Storm Lake, IA, installed a vending machine on a city sidewalk. The machine, which had been in operation for three days and averaged $300 per day in sales, experienced some kickback from city officials, reports Siouxland Matters. Despite the success of the machine, the city council said the machine would be a hazard to pedestrians and cited a city ordinance that says products could not be sold on city-owned sidewalks, the source reports. City officials forced the business owner to shut down the vending machine.