For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Commissary. A permanent, state-licensed location which services food trucks, including, but not limited to, the provision of food storage, paper goods and supplies, waste and grease disposal, and food preparation.
Lakeside Park Vendor Permit. A vendor permit issued by the city to a mobile food unit to vend at Lakeside Park, 101 Lakeshore Drive, Big Lake, MN.
Mobile Food Unit. A food and beverage service establishment that is a vehicle-mounted unit, such as:
1. “Motorized or Trailer” shall be defined as any self-propelled vehicle or fully contained trailer, licensed by the state to operate on public streets and roadways, which vends food (either prepackaged, prepared in the unit, or at a commissary) at retail for immediate consumption by the customer. Said vehicle and/or trailer may also be referred to herein as “unit.”
2. A unit operating in conjunction with a permanent business licensed under M.S. Chapter 157, as it may be amended from time to time, at the site of the permanent business by the same individual or company, and readily moveable, without disassembling, for transport to another location; and a self-contained unit, in which food is stored, cooked, and prepared for direct sale to the consumer.
3. “Food Cart” shall be defined as a food and beverage service establishment that is a non-motorized vehicle self-propelled by the operator.
4. “Ice Cream Truck” shall be defined as a motor vehicle utilized as the point of retail sales of pre-wrapped or pre-packaged ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen custard, flavored frozen water, or similar frozen dessert products.
Vend or Vending. The process of the transfer of a food product from the unit operator to a customer. Vending begins when the unit initially stops in a location at which customers can access the unit and continues until the unit leaves that location.