(A) (1) A city license is required to operate a mobile food facility. It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person, firm or organization to operate a food truck without a license. All licensees must have the permission of the property owner prior to operating a mobile food facility on the subject property. The organizer of a special event shall determine the vendor(s) to be located at its event and the applicant for license shall present a written request from the event sponsor for the mobile food facility to participate at the event.
(2) Application for license. Each applicant for a license to operate a mobile food facility shall file with the City Clerk a sworn application in writing on a form to be furnished by the Clerk, which shall include information as the Clerk shall deem pertinent.
(B) Submission of materials. Each application shall indicate on its face, in addition to other requirements as may be determined by the community development department, that the following materials must be submitted by the applicant:
(1) The name of the business and its owner or owners and the mailing address of the business. A letter from the owner of the property granting permission to mobile food facility to be there.
(2) A proposed service hours of operation with a detail schedule of times and locations where the mobile food facility will be stationary and serving food (time should be no longer than 12 hours or in case of a festival, daily hours).
(3) OCCHD certificate of inspection.
(C) (1) Approval process. All applications shall be submitted to the Community Development Office, who shall review all application documents for completion, based on duly published criteria established by this subchapter and the Oklahoma County Health Department. Prior to its final approval and the issuance of a license:
(a) The Community Development Department may work with the applicant or license holder to modify a service location at any time before the issuance of a license or after the issuance of a license, if the grant of a license or approval of a location has led to the creation of a nuisance or otherwise endanger the public health, safety, or order or by request of the license holder.
(b) Completed applications shall be submitted 20 days before the intended date of operation.
(c) If the application is denied in whole or part, the Community Development Department shall state the specific reasons for the denial.
(2) This information must be kept current throughout the duration of the license. If any of the information included on the application for the license changes, the applicant must provide that information to the City Clerk or his/her designee. Failure to do so shall be a violation of this section and shall constitute grounds for revocation of the license.
(Ord. 2001, passed 2-18-21)