Permittees and their agents shall comply with all of the requirements of this section while engaged in mobile vending in the City of Amherst, whether on public or private property:
(a) Each vending device shall be attended at all times by at least one individual.
(b) Comply with all requirements of applicable state and local law, including, without limitation, the City’s Fire Prevention Code, the State of Ohio Fire Code, and the City’s Traffic and Parking Code.
(c) The vending device shall be placed only at the location set forth in the permit.
(d) No vending device shall remain in its permitted location between the hours of midnight and 9:00 a.m., and no business shall be conducted from any permitted location between those hours.
(e) Permittees and their agents shall obey any lawful order of a police officer to remove their vending devices if necessary to avoid congestion or obstruction in an emergency.
(f) Permittees or their agents selling food items from vending devices are required to obtain a food license from the County Health Department.
(g) If the vending device has a heating apparatus, the vending device shall have been inspected and approved by the Fire Chief or his or her designee for compliance with provisions of the City’s Fire Prevention Code and State of Ohio Fire Code.
(h) Vending devices shall not be serviced or cleaned at residences or any other unapproved premises.
(i) Permittees and their agents shall be responsible for keeping their permitted areas within twenty-five (25) feet of the permitted location free of litter. Permittees and their agents shall provide a suitable container for the placement of paper, wrappers, trash and other similar items by customers and others.
(j) The permit, including a map of the permitted location, shall be affixed to the vending device at all times that the vending device is located at their permitted area.
(k) No permittee shall place upon any sidewalk, street, highway or public right of way, any stand, booth, rack, platform, table, chair, vehicle, tent or device of any kind, other than a vending device which complies with the provisions of this chapter.
(l) Permittees and their agents shall conduct business in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Codified Ordinances.
(m) Mobile vendors shall have displayed the name and address of the business on the side of such mobile vending device in letters at least two inches high and shall have displayed the mobile vending permit and that all county and state permits required be displayed so as to be easily visible.
(n) Each permit shall be personal only and shall not be transferrable in any manner.
(o) Each permit is valid only when used at the location designated in the permit.
(p) The permit as it applies to a given location may be suspended by the SSD for up to ten (10) days during the holding of a community event.
(Ord. 0-18-25. Passed 7-9-18.)