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8.70.030.   Food vending vehicle regulations.
   Any person vending from a food vending vehicle shall comply with the following regulations:
   A.   Each operator causing the sale of or offering for sale any produce or other food item for which a health permit is required by law, shall possess and at all times display such required permit in conspicuous view upon each such vehicle.
   B.   Each operator shall possess and at all times display in conspicuous view upon each such vehicle, a City of Fullerton Business Registration Certificate.
   C.   No vending from a vehicle shall be permitted within 50 feet of any intersection of two or more public streets, nor within 200 feet of any park or playground facilities.
   D.   No vehicle shall be parked, stopped or left standing in any manner which blocks or impedes vehicular access to any driveway or restricts the free movement of other vehicles upon the public street.
   E.   All food vending vehicles shall be equipped with refuse containers large enough to contain all trash and refuse generated by the operation of such vehicle. The operator of the food vending vehicle shall pick up all trash and refuse generated by such operation within a twenty-five (25) foot radius of the vehicle before such vehicle is moved.
   F.   No vending shall be permitted except after the vehicle has been brought to a complete stop and parked adjacent to the curb in a lawful manner.
   G.   No vending shall be permitted in the Downtown Area by any operator between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., on both private and public property.
   H.   No operator of a food vending vehicle shall operate any sound amplification systems or other sound making devices or music systems, to advertise, draw attention to, or announce the presence of any such vehicle while such vehicle is moving, stopped, standing, or parked upon any public or private street immediately contiguous to any residentially zoned property within the City.
   I.   Non-amplified sound-making devices shall be permitted provided: (i) such sounds shall not be made while the vehicle is stopped, parked, or otherwise in a stationary position and (ii) such sounds shall not be audible to a person with normal hearing for a distance of more than two hundred (200) feet. Minors under the age of 16 shall not sell or vend from any food vending vehicle. At no time shall minors under the age of 16 be on or in a food vending vehicle without the presence of a person authorized by law to drive such vehicle and such person shall have in his possession a valid California Driver's License.
   J.   Restocking of a food vending vehicle is prohibited on a public or private street or alley.
   K.   No food vending vehicle shall attach to or receive any utilities from private or public property.
   L.   No person shall vend from a food vending vehicle that is stopped, parked or standing on any public street, alley or highway when the prospective customer is sitting or standing in another vehicle.
   M.   No person shall vend to any customer from a food vending vehicle which is parked, stopped or standing on any public street, alley or highway when the prospective customer is located in that portion of the street, alley or highway which is open to vehicular traffic; except that vending may occur from the right side or rear of a lawfully parked food vending vehicle. Under no circumstances may vending occur from the left side of a food vending vehicle. Notwithstanding the above provisions, no person shall vend to any customer whose location creates a traffic hazard.
   N.   No person shall vend to any customer from a food vending vehicle when any part of the food vending vehicle is open to prospective customers other than on the right side or rear of such vehicle.
   O.   No person shall vend from a food vending vehicle which is parked, stopped or standing on any public street, alley or highway where the posted speed limit on the public street, alley or highway is greater than 35 miles per hour. (Ord. 3217, 2015)