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(a) Required. No person, firm or corporation shall operate or engage in the business or occupation of operating any vehicle, or cart, or pushcart for the purpose of sale of ice cream, ice cream products, or confections on the streets, sidewalks and other public places of the City without a license for that purpose from the City, issued as provided in this article. Before a license may be issued for such operation of a vehicle classed as a motor vehicle under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, it must first be properly licensed and equipped under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code. A separate license shall be necessary for each vehicle or pushcart.
(b) Documentation. Under this section for a vehicle classed as a motor vehicle under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, documentation must be provided to the City Clerk showing that the vehicle is properly licensed and equipped under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, and that all persons who shall drive said vehicle possess a current valid Michigan driver’s license.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1892, passed 3-21-1966; Ord. 3073, passed 9-26-1988)
The City Council shall refuse a license when in its opinion there are licensed a sufficient number of such vehicle or vehicles, to adequately serve the public, or when the use of streets, sidewalks or public places congest traffic or endanger the person or property of pedestrians or others using streets, sidewalks or public places.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1892, passed 3-21-1966)
Any license issued under and by virtue of the authority of this ordinance may be suspended by the City Administrator or revoked by the City Council at any time, and a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance or of any traffic ordinance of the City of Flint or of State or Federal statutes, shall be sufficient grounds for the revocation of any license issued hereunder and shall be considered sufficient grounds for the refusal to grant a license in the first instance.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949)
No vehicle licensed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance shall be operated or permitted on the streets, sidewalks and other public places of the City of Flint after one hour after sundown of any day, except where the person operating such vehicle is over 18 years of age. The operation of any vehicle licensed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance on any public street within the City of Flint shall be deemed a public nuisance and traffic hazard, and any licensee found to be operating or permitting the operation of his vehicle on the City streets shall be deemed contributing to a public nuisance and traffic hazard and such action may be cause for revocation of any license issued hereunder.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1892, passed 3-21-1966; Ord. 2336, passed 5-18-1972)
The operating of any vehicle licensed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance in any public park shall be deemed a public nuisance and any person or persons found operating such vehicle shall be deemed a disorderly person.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949)
Every licensee granted a license under the terms of this ordinance shall be required to maintain insurance underwritten by a company authorized to do business in the State of Michigan against liability to the public in the amount of not less than $10,000.00 for one person or $20,000.00 for one accident, and $5,000.00 against liability arising out of property damage. Such policies shall name the City of Flint as an additional insured and shall contain therein or have attached thereto by rider a provision that the insurer will give notice to the City of Flint at least ten days prior to the cancellation of said policy, in the event that the insurer should elect to cancel the same. The policy required, or a certificate executed by the insurer certifying to the existence of the insurance shall be filed with the City Clerk prior to the issuance of any license or renewal thereof. Said insurance shall be continuous until canceled, or shall expire April 30 of any year. Failure to maintain insurance as above provided shall be grounds for revocation of the license issued hereunder.
(Ord. 856, passed 5-2-1949; Ord. 1892, passed 3-21-1966)
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