(a) The Code Enforcement Officer shall issue a mobile food vending license and corresponding decal(s) required by this chapter to an applicant who meets all of the following requirements and in accord with with the lottery system in Section 712.08(b):
(2) Whose mobile food vending unit has passed the inspections required under this chapter;
(3) Whose mobile food vending unit is in compliance with all applicable requirements of this chapter and has obtained any permits, licenses or prior approval required by any city, state or federal agency;
(4) Who has not been denied a license under this chapter within the immediate past year, unless the applicant can and does show to the satisfaction of the License Section that the reasons for such earlier denial no longer exist;
(5) Who has paid all applicable application and license fees; and
(6) Who is not otherwise refused a license under the requirements of this chapter.
(b) The Code Enforcement Officer shall choose, by lottery, from all of those applications received by a date to be determined by the Code Enforcement Officer, three applications for licenses at the City Park, one application for a license for the City Pool, and one application for a license at the City Ball Fields.
(c) The Code Enforcement Officer may refuse to issue licenses for operation as required by this chapter to any person:
(1) Who has been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or code violation involving a sex offense, traffic in controlled substances, or any offense of violence as defined in the Ohio Revised Code, such conviction being entered within the seven (7) years preceding the date of application; or
(2) Who has been convicted of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, or of a theft offense as defined in the Ohio Revised Code, within seven (7) years preceding the date of application.
(d) Decals provided in Section 712.08(a) of this chapter shall reflect the corresponding license number and shall be affixed to the mobile food vending unit in a conspicuous place, as provided for by rules under this chapter.
(e) The Code Enforcement Officer shall keep a record of the identification number of every unit and the date of inspection in its office.
(f) A copy of each unit's health license shall be forwarded to the Code Enforcement Officer, which shall keep a record of the identification number of every unit and the date of inspection. (Ord. 2016-22. Passed 5-3-16.)