(A) No fixed location. Mobile food vehicles that have not obtained a permit as provided in this subchapter must move from place to place upon the public ways and shall not be operated at a fixed location except as otherwise provided herein. Mobile food vehicle stops shall be made only to service customers and shall not exceed in any one block whichever is less:
(1) A total of two hours; or
(2) The maximum permitted period for parking.
(B) Sound amplification. No mobile food vehicle or pushcart shall be equipped with any electronic sound-amplifying device. Mobile food vehicles or pushcarts employing musical or noise-making devices shall only sound said devices while traversing the public way, not while standing or parked.
(C) Hours of operation. Mobile food vehicles shall not service customers between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Pushcarts shall not service customers between the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(D) Location. Mobile food vehicles shall not park or stand:
(1) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk;
(2) Within 30 feet of a stop light or stop sign;
(3) Adjacent to a protected bike lane; or
(4) Within 200 feet of any principal customer entrance to a restaurant.
(E) Sales. No sale shall be made from a mobile food vehicle except from the curb side thereof, and then only when such vehicle is standing or parked in a legal parking spot.
(F) Food preparation. No food that is sold or served from a mobile food vehicle or a pushcart may be stored or prepared in a residential home.
(Ord. 2022-030, passed 4-26-2022) Penalty, see § 115.999