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<br />CHAPTER 4-34 <br />MOBILE FOOD VENDING <br /> <br />§ 4-34-100. PURPOSE. <br /> <br />This chapter is enacted to regulate the vending of food and food products from mobile food vending <br />facilities on the public sidewalks and rights of way of the City and to establish proper permit and <br />regulatory procedures to ensure the health and safety of the community while at the same time <br />promoting business in the City and providing additional food choices for City residents and visitors. <br /> <br />§ 4-34-150. DEFINITIONS. <br /> <br />“Mobile food vendor" shall mean a person who sells, serves or offers for sale cooked or cold, <br />prepackaged or prepared food for human consumption from a mobile food vending unit(s) parked or <br />located on private property, public property or within the public right- of-way, including, but not <br />limited to, streets and roads. A mobile food vendor may own and operate more than one mobile food <br />vending unit. Mobile ice cream vendors shall be considered mobile food vendors except where <br />otherwise stated and shall have additional requirements as specified pursuant to Section 4-34-500 of <br />this Chapter. <br /> <br />"Mobile food vending unit" or "food truck" shall mean any motorized vehicle, trailer vehicle, or piece <br />of vending equipment moved, propelled, or operated by a bicycle, designed to be portable and not <br />permanently attached to the ground from which only food and beverages are sold, served free or <br />sampled, displayed or offered for sale. Ice cream trucks shall be considered mobile food vending <br />units except where otherwise stated and shall have additional requirements as specified pursuant to <br />Section 4-34-500 of this Chapter. <br /> <br />"Mobile ice cream vendor" shall mean any person engaged in the mobile food vending of frozen or <br />refrigerated desserts, confections or novelties commonly known as ice cream, prepackaged candies, <br />prepackaged snack foods or soft drinks. <br /> <br />"Ice cream truck" shall mean any motor vehicle, or trailer attached to a motorized vehicle engaged in <br />the curbside vending or sale of frozen or refrigerated desserts, confections, or novelties commonly <br />known as ice cream, or prepackaged candies, prepackaged snack foods, or soft drinks. <br /> <br />"Pushcart" shall mean a piece of vending equipment which is intended to store all materials and <br />merchandise related to vending activity, and is easily moved by a person. It shall not mean a piece of <br />vending equipment moved, propelled, or operated by a bicycle. <br /> <br />"Trailer" shall mean any non-motorized vehicle which is attached to a motorized vehicle. "Handcart" <br />shall mean a cart drawn or pushed by hand. <br /> <br />"Dolly" shall mean a platform on a roller or on wheels or coasters used to move objects. <br /> <br />§ 4-34-200. APPLICABILITY AND EXEMPTIONS. <br />(a) Deliveries. This Chapter does not apply to any person engaged in delivering previously <br />ordered food from or to any store including grocery stores, fixed place of business or <br />residence. <br />(b) Community Events and Other Entitlements. This chapter shall not apply to vendors at any City <br />festival sponsored, authorized, or organized by the City or which has been authorized by the City <br />through a special event, temporary use or outdoor facilities permit pursuant to the San