A. Application for a permit to conduct business on a sidewalk shall be made at the office of the City Recorder on a form deemed appropriate by the City Recorder. This application shall include but not be limited to the following information:
1. Name and address of the applicant;
2. Type of items sold. Individual applications shall be accepted for one type of product;
3. A valid copy of all necessary licenses or permits required by state or local health authorities;
4. A signed Indemnity Agreement stating that the permittee shall hold harmless the city, its officers and employees, and shall indemnify the city, its officers and employees for any claims for damage to property or injury to persons which may be occasioned by any activity carried on under the terms of the permit;
5. The permittee shall furnish and maintain this public liability, food products liability and property damage insurance as will protect permittee, property owners and the city from all claims for damage to property or bodily injury, including death, which may arise from operations under the permit or in connection there with. This insurance shall provide coverage of not less than $1,000,000.00 for bodily injury and property damage for each occurrence and not less than $1,000,000.00 in the aggregate. This permittee shall provide the city with a certificate of liability insurance. This insurance shall be without prejudice to coverage otherwise existing therein; shall name as additional insured the city, its officers and employees; and shall further provide that the policy shall not terminate or be canceled prior to the completion of the contract without 30 days’ written notice to the City Recorder of the city;
6. Means to be used in conducting business, including but not limited to a description of any mobile container or device, to be used for transport or to display approved items or services; and
7. The proposed location for conducting business, along with a signed statement that the permittee shall hold harmless the adjacent property owner(s) for any claims for damage to property or injury to persons which may be occasioned by any activity carried on under the permit. No application shall apply to more than one location. Location must be approved by the City Administrator.
B. A separate sidewalk vending permit application and fee shall be required for each mobile container or device to be used for transportation or display.
C. No food vendor application will be accepted for a location where a restaurant or fruit and vegetable market, with direct access to the sidewalk, is adjacent or within 100 feet on the same block. No application will be accepted for a flower vendor for a location where a flower shop, with direct access to the sidewalk, is adjacent or within 100 feet on the same block. The above requirement may be waived if the application is submitted with the written consent of the proprietor of the restaurant, fruit and vegetable market or flower shop. The consent must be submitted on a form deemed appropriate by the City Recorder.
(Am. Ord. 1333, passed 7-21-2010)