(a) No mobile vending shall be conducted in the City of Amherst:
(1) To the occupants of vehicles stopped in traffic;
(2) From any vehicle, structure, or device that is situated in any portion of a street which is designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel except by a mobile ice cream vending device having a valid permit issued by the City pursuant to this chapter;
(3) At a location or in a manner that hinders or restricts access to a telephone booth, mail box, public parking space, police or fire call box, traffic control box, fire hydrant, or that blocks, obstructs or restricts the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles in the lawful use of the sidewalks or streets or public right of way;
(4) At any location where the sidewalk is less than ten (10) feet in width;
(5) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk;
(6) Within fifteen (15) feet of any doorway or the prolongation of any doorway width to the curb line;
(7) Within twenty (20) feet of another mobile vendor;
(8) Within one hundred (100) adjacent linear feet of a food service operation operating from a fixed and permanent location existing at the time of permit issuance or renewal.
(9) Anywhere in a residential zone except in the case of mobile ice cream vending which is permitted in residential zoning districts and planned development districts contain residential dwelling units.
(b) No street vendor or vendor within the City of Amherst shall do any of the following:
(1) Display items or place lines or other devices for the display of items on any building or on any utility pole, planter, tree, trash container, or other sidewalk fixture, or public right of way;
(2) Place any items in or upon any street or sidewalk or public right of way;
(3) Use liquefied petroleum gas, or other flammable substances, without a required permit pursuant to Ohio Revised Code;
(4) Make any loud or unreasonable noise for the purpose of advertising or drawing attention to its food shop operations or for any other purpose; or
(5) Conduct business without making available a container suitable for the placement of litter;
(6) Throw or deposit any merchandise, packaging, containers, fat, liquid or grease, paper or other litter on any streets or sidewalk in any sewer;
(7) Place or affix any advertising material and signage to any location other than flat upon the vending device being used in its operations at its permitted location;
(8) Conduct mobile vending without a mobile vending permit issued by the City of Amherst.
(Ord. 0-18-25. Passed 7-9-18.)