FOOD VENDING VEHICLE. Any vehicle, as that term is defined in the California Vehicle Code, which is equipped or primarily used for retail sales of produce and/or prepared, pre-packaged, or unprepared, unpackaged food or foodstuffs of any kind, on any public street, alley or highway or private street or alley within the city. The inventory of these vehicles is not necessarily limited to edible items and may include non-food sundries.
OPERATOR. Any person or entity that:
1. Owns, controls, manages, and/or leases a food vending vehicle; and/or
2. Contracts with any person(s) to drive, operate, prepare food in, and/or vend from, a food vending vehicle; and/or
3. Drives, operates, prepares food in, or vends from, a food vending vehicle.
PERSON. Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity of any kind or nature.
PERMIT. A business license or permit required under any other chapter of this code.
SCHOOL. Any public and/or private school in which instruction is given in any or all grades through grade twelve (12).
RESTOCKING. The transfer of food, goods or merchandise to a food vending vehicle from any other person or vehicle and includes, but is not limited to, loading and delivery of food, goods and merchandise.
VEND or VENDING. Soliciting, displaying, or offering produce, prepared or unprepared food, pre-packaged food and/or non-food sundries of any kind for sale or barter or exchange from a food vending vehicle on a public or private street, alley, highway or public place within the city. VEND or VENDING includes the movement or standing of a food vending vehicle for the purpose of searching for, obtaining and/or soliciting retail sales or produce, prepared food, pre-packaged food or non-food sundries, including, but not limited to, goods, wares, or merchandise.
(Ord. 1169, passed 10-1-13)