A draft bylaw proposes "substantial changes" to busking in Queenstown, Mayor Clive Geddes says.
Mr Geddes has been on a working party to review the Control of Trading, Advertising and Obstructions in Public Places Bylaw.
The bylaw was due to be reviewed last year but a draft bylaw written by Lakes Environmental was rejected by councillors in November.
"They felt they did not have enough input so set up a working party to review the bylaw and come up with a draft for public consultation," he said.
The working party had completed a draft bylaw, which would be presented to councillors shortly, he said.
If ratified by councillors, it would go out for public consultation.
A hearings panel would hear submissions and then make recommendations for a final form of the bylaw to come into effect.
The working party had made "substantial changes" to the first draft, he said.
It had come up with a new list of areas in Queenstown where street entertainers and street trading would be banned.
Changes to the licensing regime were also proposed, he said.
Lakes Environmental compliance and enforcement manager Tim Francis said no street entertainers had been prosecuted for breaching the current bylaw.
However, conditions had been added to permits, including the requirement to move 400m every 30 minutes and banning buskers from spots including Kawarau Jet wharf, Village Green and Ballarat Mall.
