ARTICLE XII.
STREET VENDORS.

Division 1. In General.

SEC. 50-152. DECLARATION OF POLICY.

   It is the policy of the city to promote the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare by the regulation of street vendors operating inside the city. The provisions of this article are to be construed, according to the fair import of their terms, to effect this policy. (Ord. Nos. 16309; 29023)

SEC. 50-153. GENERAL AUTHORITY AND DUTY OF THE DIRECTOR.

   The director shall implement and enforce this article. The director may prescribe rules and regulations governing the conduct of street vendors not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, including, but not limited to, the designation of zones and sites from which street vendors may operate. (Ord. Nos. 16309; 17675; 29023)

SEC. 50-154. AUTHORITY TO INSPECT.

   The director, any representative of the city health officer or environmental health officer, or a peace officer may inspect any street vendor and the business procedure of a street vendor operating under this article to determine whether the vendor is complying with this article, regulations established under this article, and any other applicable city ordinance or state or federal law. (Ord. 29023)

SEC. 50-155. OFFENSES; PENALTIES.

   (a)   A person who violates a provision of this article, or who fails to perform an act required of the person by this article, commits an offense. A person commits a separate offense each day or portion of a day during which a violation is committed, permitted, or continued.

   (b)   An offense under this article is punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $500, except that a second or subsequent conviction for the same offense within a period of less than one year from the first conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500.

   (c)   The culpable mental state required for the commission of an offense under this article is governed by Section 1-5.1 of this code.

   (d)   The penalties provided for in Subsection (b) are in addition to any other enforcement remedies and penalties that the city may have under city ordinances and state law. Prosecution for an offense under this article does not prevent the use of other administrative enforcement remedies or procedures applicable to the conduct involved in the offense. (Ord. 29023)

SEC. 50-156. ARTICLE CUMULATIVE.

   The provisions of this article and other city ordinances are cumulative law, and this chapter does not prevent enforcement of another city ordinance that regulates an area covered by this article and is otherwise applicable. (Ord. Nos. 16309; 29023)