Mobile food units are subject to the following requirements and restrictions unless specifically addressed otherwise:
(A) It shall be unlawful to operate any mobile food unit handling “Time/Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) food” as defined by 25 Texas Administrative Code § 228.2(144), unless the mobile food unit is commercially manufactured.
(B) It shall be unlawful for a person to vend on any portion of city streets where the speed limit exceeds 30 miles per hour or on four-lane divided roadways.
(C) It shall be unlawful for a person to vend from a mobile food unit within an “active school crossing zone” as defined by the Texas Transportation Code.
(D) It shall be unlawful for a person to vend from a mobile food unit unless the mobile food unit is lawfully parked or stopped.
(E) It shall be unlawful for a person to vend from the side of the mobile food unit facing moving traffic. Mobile food units shall vend from as near as possible to the curb or edge of the street.
(F) It shall be unlawful for a person to vend from a mobile food unit to a person standing in the roadway.
(G) It shall be unlawful for a person to stop a mobile food unit on the left side of a one-way street to vend.
(H) It shall be unlawful for a person to vend from a mobile food unit on a street unless there is a clear view of the mobile food unit for a distance of 200 feet in each direction.
(I) It shall be unlawful for a person to make any alteration, removal, attachments, placement or change in, under or upon a mobile food unit that would prevent or otherwise reduce ready mobility.
(Ord. 892, passed 11-16-15)