(a) No Mobile Food Unit, placed on Municipal owned or leased property, and/or Municipal streets, alleys and rights-of-way shall operate in the Municipality without a valid MFU Permit issued by the Municipality. The MFU Permit must be obtained from the Chief Administrative Officer by the owner or operator of the Mobile Food Unit.
(b) MFU Permits issued in accordance with this Chapter are not transferrable.
(c) Application for a MFU Permit shall be made to the Chief Administrative Officer on a form provided to the applicant at least five (5) business days prior to the date when the Mobile Food Unit will conduct business in the Municipality. The request for a MFU Permit shall contain:
(1) A completed application form;
(2) The permit fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per Mobile Food Unit for each day or part of a day the Mobile Food Unit operates within the Municipality;
(3) Evidence that the Mobile Food Unit has obtained all required licenses to operate in Cuyahoga County, Ohio;
(4) A signed statement that the permittee shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Municipality, its officers, and employees, from any and all claims for damages to property or death or injury to persons and the reasonable attorney fees incurred in defending any such claims which may occur in connection with an activity carried out under the terms of the permit; and
(5) Proof of liability insurance in the form of a certificate of insurance with limits no less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence, two million dollars ($2,000,000) aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars property damage coverage ($500,000.00) and the Village of Chagrin Falls is named on the certificate as additionally insured during a term at least equal to the term of the MFU Permit, as a condition of the MFU Permit.
(d) The CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, Municipal Police Department, or Fire Department may request additional information prior to issuing a MFU Permit, in order to carry out the purpose of this Chapter.
(e) The CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER may approve the MFU Permit, approve the MFU Permit with conditions, or deny the MFU Permit if the CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER determines that the application does not comply with this Chapter. If denied, the CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER shall transmit in writing or by electronic mail the reasons for the denial to the applicant.
(Ord. 2023-04. Passed 2-27-23.)