§ 111.369.3. Mobile retail food establishments—Regulations.

Mobile retail food establishments shall operate in accordance with the regulations of this section and as otherwise provided by this Code.

A.

Prohibitions. No mobile retail food establishment vendor shall:

1.

Sell food items, display food items or conduct vending operations to the occupants of vehicles stopped in traffic;

2.

Display food items or place lines or other devices for display of food items on any building or on any utility pole, planter, tree, trash container or other sidewalk fixture;

3.

Place any food items in or upon any street or sidewalk;

4.

Operate any vending device that does not comply with the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, NFPA 58, as promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association;

5.

Leave a vending device unattended at any time;

6.

Make any loud or unreasonable noise for the purpose of advertising or drawing attention to its mobile food service operations or for any other purpose;

7.

Conduct business without making available a container suitable for the placement of litter;

8.

Throw or deposit any merchandise, packaging, containers, fat, grease, paper or other litter on any streets or sidewalk or in any sewer; or

9.

Place or affix any advertising material or signage to any location other than flat upon the vending device being used in its operations.

B.

Requirements. All mobile retail food establishment vendors shall:

1.

Park parallel to the curb and operate towards the sidewalk;

2.

Operate only between the hours of 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.;

3.

Obey any lawful order of a police officer to remove himself or herself and his or her vending device to avoid congestion or obstruction during an emergency;

4.

Comply with zoning regulations, among other laws, if on private property;

5.

Exercise reasonable care to ensure that their operations do not create a health or safety hazard to customers, other users of the sidewalks and streets, or persons on abutting property;

6.

If operating on private property, maintain documentation of the operator's ownership, or if the operator is not the owner of the private property, documentation, signed by the property owner, of the operator's right to operate on the property;

7.

Obey all federal, state and local laws; and

8.

Maintain general liability insurance coverage in the amount of one million ($1,000,000) dollars, to protect against damage to property and/or persons resulting from the operation of the mobile retail food establishment.

(Ord. 150-2014)