When a mobile food vendor or pushcart operator is operating on private property, a license is not required to be obtained from the City Clerk if one or more of the following conditions is met:
(A) When a mobile food vendor or pushcart license is not required from the City Clerk, permits may still be required from other federal, state, or local government agencies and shall be obtained by the mobile food vendor.
(B) Non-profit organizations. Sales activities by a charitable, educational, or religious organization which is exempt from taxation under Iowa Code Chapter 504 and/or § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code when the proceeds thereof shall be applied to the payment of the expenses thereof and the charitable or religious object for which the charitable or religious society exists, provided that such sales are not conducted by such organization in excess of three consecutive days in any seven-day period at the same location.
(C) Farm stands. In the event unprocessed whole food is being sold or attempted to be sold on the same parcel or group of parcels under common ownership on which said food is grown, and the parcel(s) is assessed as Agricultural Land by the Clinton County Assessor, a mobile food vendor license is not required.
(D) Markets. Any property with a market, as defined by this chapter, as a primary use, on the parcel, but only while the market is in operation.
(E) Event venues. Any event venue as defined by this chapter, but only during the time period of the event and two hours before and after an event.
(F) Mobile food vending ancillary to an existing primary use. A mobile food vendor license shall not be required if the mobile food vending is ancillary to an existing primary use on the same parcel if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) There is a primary land use in a building, which is constructed or which is being constructed, on the parcel in which the mobile food vending unit would be located; and
(2) Sales of food, associated with the primary structure on the parcel would be allowed, or is lawfully occurring on said parcel; and
(3) The parcel has been classified by the Clinton County Assessor to be exempt, industrial, or commercial; and
(4) The mobile food vendor is the owner of the parcel or owns a business in a permanent structure on the parcel where the mobile food vending unit or food stand would be located.
(G) Temporary/seasonal sales of unprocessed whole food. A mobile food vendor license shall not be required for temporary/seasonal sales of unprocessed whole food if the parcel upon which the mobile food vending unit or food stand is located has been classified by the Clinton County Assessor to be exempt, industrial, or commercial.
(Ord. 2613, passed 5-14-2019)