(a) The owner or operator of any pushcart vending food within the corporate city limits of the City of Fort Worth shall obtain a valid food establishment permit, except that pushcarts from which only whole, raw, uncut produce or individually packaged, nonpotentially hazardous foods are vended is not a food establishment and does not require a food establishment permit, however, the owner or operator must comply with the other applicable provisions of this article.
(b) All food establishment pushcarts and their commissaries shall be inspected by the regulatory health agency prior to the issuance of a permit.
(c) Acceptance of a pushcart permit is an express acknowledgment and consent to the terms and restrictions of the permit.
(d) To fulfill the important public purpose of ensuring that nutritious foods are available to all people in the city, if a food establishment permit is otherwise required for a fruit and vegetable pushcart (such as one offering cut produce) a reduced fee of 50% off the regular food establishment permit fee in accordance with the city fee schedule shall be charged if at least 75% of the inventory of the cart consists of fruits and vegetables, with the remainder consisting of nonpotentially hazardous packaged foods.
(Ord. 22242-05-2016, § 4, passed 5-24-2016)