MALIBU, CA — The Malibu Farmers Market will return Sunday to its longtime location at the Los Angeles County lot at the Malibu Library, a week after temporarily operating in the Malibu City Hall parking lot amid a dispute over its location, city officials announced Friday.
The market will operate from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The city hosted the market at City Hall last Sunday after ordering the Cornucopia Foundation, which operates the weekly market, to cease operations at Legacy Park over concerns involving public safety, parking and compliance with the market's permit.
"Since then, the city has worked closely with the Cornucopia Foundation, Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and her team, and the Santa Monica College to return the market to the county lot," according to a statement from the city.
The market had operated for years at the lot before moving to Legacy Park. The city had allowed the market to operate at Legacy Park temporarily while work was underway at Santa Monica College's Malibu campus in the Civic Center area.
City officials said last week that Legacy Park was never designed or approved to permanently accommodate the market and cited concerns involving public safety, limited parking, access to neighboring businesses and compliance with the market's conditional use permit.
Those concerns became more significant during the summer because of increased visitor traffic in the Civic Center area, according to the city. Market vendor vehicles and booths occupied nearly 40% of available public parking in the area, city officials said.
The dispute came to a head last Friday, when the city ordered the market operator to stop operating at Legacy Park.
"This is not about shutting down a farmers market that our community values," City Manager Joe Irvin said at the time. "We have worked to make the current arrangement work, but we also have a responsibility to protect public safety and ensure city requirements are applied fairly."
The city provided the City Hall parking lot as a temporary location for last Sunday's market while officials continued working on arrangements for a return to the county lot.
The Malibu Farmers Market has operated in the community since 1998 and is held weekly on Sundays.
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