All sidewalk vendors are subject to the following operating requirements when conducting sidewalk vendor activities:
(A) Food and merchandise storage. All food and merchandise shall be stored within the display area of the sidewalk vendor receptacle or carried by the sidewalk vendor. If affixed to the sidewalk vending receptacle, the overall space taken up by the sidewalk vending receptacle shall not exceed the size requirements provided in this section.
(B) Display of permits. The sidewalk vendor permit shall be conspicuously displayed at all times on the sidewalk vending receptacle. If the sidewalk vendor is working as roaming sidewalk vendor, the sidewalk vendor shall show their permit in a conspicuous manner. If the sidewalk vendor sells food, the health permit required by Chapter 8.16 of this code shall also conspicuously displayed at all times on the sidewalk vending receptacle.
(C) Unattended receptacles. Sidewalk vendors shall not leave their sidewalk vending receptacle unattended to solicit business for their sidewalk vendor activities. If a sidewalk vending receptacle requires more than one person to conduct the sidewalk vending activity, all sidewalk vendors associated with the sidewalk vending receptacle shall be within five feet of the sidewalk vending receptacle when conducting sidewalk vendor activities.
(D) Receptacle storage. Sidewalk vending receptacles shall not be stored on public property and shall be removed when not in active use by a vendor.
(E) Inspection of receptacles. All sidewalk vendors shall allow an enforcement officer at any time, to inspect their sidewalk vending receptacle for compliance with the size requirements of this chapter and to ensure the safe operation of any heating elements used to prepare food.
(F) Dimension of receptacles or display area. Sidewalk vending receptacles or the display area shall not exceed a total area of 50 square feet and a height of six feet.
(G) No motorization. No sidewalk vending receptacle shall be motorized.
(H) Trash containers. Sidewalk vendors that sell food shall maintain a trash container in or on their sidewalk vending receptacle and shall not empty their trash into public trash cans. The size of the vendor's trash container shall be taken into account when assessing the total size limit of a sidewalk vending receptacle. Sidewalk vendors shall not leave any location without first picking up, removing, and disposing of all trash or refuse from their sidewalk vendor activities.
(I) Accessible pathway. Sidewalk vendors shall maintain a minimum four foot clear accessible path free from obstructions, including sidewalk vending receptacles and customer queuing area.
(J) Noise standards. Any noise originating from or associated with a sidewalk vendor conducting sidewalk vendor activities shall not exceed 65 decibels as measured within a ten foot radius of the sidewalk vending receptacle.
(K) Approaching customers. Sidewalk vendors shall not approach persons to sell food or merchandise and shall not interfere in any way with another person engaged in an activity to sell food or merchandise.
(L) Customers in vehicles. Sidewalk vendors shall not engage in sidewalk vendor activities or otherwise conduct transactions with persons in moving vehicles or vehicles illegally parked or stopped.
(M) Clean sidewalk. Sidewalk vendors shall immediately clean up any food, grease or other fluid or item related to sidewalk vendor activities that falls on public property. Sidewalk vendors shall not leave any location without first picking up, removing and disposing of all trash or refuse from their sidewalk vendor activities.
(N) Signage. All signage and advertising related in any way to the sidewalk vendor shall be attached to the sidewalk vending receptacle, if any, or the sidewalk vendor's person. Sidewalk vendors shall not use any electrical, flashing, wind powered, or animated sign.
(O) Other encroachments on sidewalk. Sidewalk vendors shall not cause, allow, or maintain an ancillary use such as tables, chairs, shade structures, tents, umbrellas, other furniture, rugs, towels, fabric of any kind upon the sidewalk in conjunction with the sidewalk vendor activities beyond the display area of the sidewalk vending receptacle.
(P) Hours of operation. All sidewalk vendors, regardless of whether a roaming sidewalk vendor or a stationary sidewalk vendor, are prohibited from conducting sidewalk vendor activities from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. daily in residential zones. Sidewalk vendors may engage in sidewalk vendor activities in non-residential zones consistent with the hours of operation of the businesses on the same block frontage, and in parks during the hours that the park is open pursuant to § 5.35.080.
(Q) No attachments. Sidewalk vending receptacles shall not touch, lean against or be affixed at any time to any building or structure including, but not limited to, lampposts, parking meters, mailboxes, traffic signals, fire hydrants, benches, bus shelters, newsstands, trees, trash cans, or traffic barriers.
(R) Cooking equipment. Sidewalk vendors shall only use portable cooking equipment or heating element as approved by the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health.
(S) Roaming sidewalk vendors. Roaming sidewalk vendors shall keep moving except when completing a transaction and shall not engage in sidewalk vendor activities on one block frontage of a street for more than one hour in any four hour period.
(T) Prohibited activities. Sidewalk vendors shall not engage in any of the following activities:
(1) Rent merchandise to customers;
(2) Display or advertise merchandise or food that is not available for immediate sale;
(3) Sell live animals, alcohol, cannabis, adult-oriented material, tobacco products, products that contain nicotine or any product used to smoke or vape nicotine or cannabis;
(4) Use any water lines, gas lines, electrical outlet or power source located on public property or owned by the city or another person other than the sidewalk vendor;
(5) Continue to offer food or merchandise for sale, following, or accompanying any person who has been offered food or merchandise after the person has asked the sidewalk vendor to leave or after the person has declined the offer to purchase food or merchandise;
(6) Knowingly make any false statements or misrepresentations during the course of offering food or merchandise for sale;
(7) Block or impede the path of the person(s) being offered food or merchandise to purchase;
(8) Make any statement, gesture, or other communication which a reasonable person in the situation of the persons(s) being offered food or merchandise to purchase would perceive to be a threat and which has a reasonable likelihood to produce in the person(s) a fear that the threat will be carried out;
(9) Touch the person(s) being offered food or merchandise without that person(s) consent;
(10) Place their sidewalk vending receptacles or any ancillary items belonging to or associated with the sidewalk vendor's sidewalk vendor activities within any of the prohibited locations described in § 5.35.070(A);
(11) Use any horns, music, lights, visual media, or sound amplifying device unless expressly approved in the sidewalk vendor's permit;
(12) Physically alter or otherwise damage the sidewalk;
(13) Fasten or affix any item, including but not limited to, tape, strap, chain, tie, band, or rope, to any public property.
(Ord. 3399 § 4, 2024; Ord. 3398 § 5, 2024)