if this is true, then the recycling place should provide him the space to sell these bikes, not the public sidewalk

Where is his Business Lic. Where are the receipts from the recycling business for the bikes, Where are his customer receipts.Where is his tax paperwork. Is the recycler allowed to sell bikes that very likely are stolen property. I am sure this is how most successful bike repair business,s get started. The IRS needs to get involved with him and the recycler. The recycling operation has created a god awful cottage industries of drug dealers, pimps, hookers, illegal dumping, loitering, spray vandalism, vandalism, the above mentioned muni code violators and the bike repair business. Did I miss anything.

Via the Oakland Municipal Code section 12.60.040 any business that buys or sells used bikes or bike parts in the city is required to make a report to the PD every day with the serial numbers as well as contact info for any buyers or sellers.

I'm pretty sure this rule is never applied, but would like to see the OPD start invoking it to make casual used bike sales less desirable for scrap dealers and flea market vendors.

The first thing is to make sure that OPD knows and understand this Muni -Code. Do you know what NCPC you belong to. They can help coordinate with the police to shut him down. If some one can document that the recycling business is selling bikes that would make them a de-facto bike dealer. That is likely not part of there CUP.

I wouldn't mind if he was doing it at a flea mkt - but this is on a city sidewalk and there is more trash accumulating every day - a few days ago there was a mattress and upholstered easy chair parked in St A Plaza. Worse and worse every day

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 02/26/2015, service request # 565400.

It doesn't matter where he gets the bikes from - setting up a business on the sidewalk is not allowed anywhere in the city - and he doesn't just sell bikes - he brings furniture, couches, etc and then friends stop by to smoke crack, drink and hang out all day

Thanks for fixing this issue!