(a) The Department of Health may suspend or revoke the health license of any mobile food vending unit and/or owner pursuant to local and state rules and regulations. "Suspend" and "revoke" shall have the same meaning as Ohio R. C. Chapter 3717 for the purpose of this subsection.
(b) The Code Enforcement Officer may suspend, revoke, or permanently revoke the license of any mobile food vending unit and/or owner who engages in any of the following conduct:
(1) Obtaining a license by a false statement in his or her application;
(2) Failing to comply with the mobile food vending unit operation and vehicle standards established in this chapter;
(3) Misrepresenting or otherwise making false statements in his or her affidavit that he or she would conduct criminal background checks on all employees;
(4) Failing to post and maintain required decal(s) and information;
(5) Failing to offer receipts to customers or to supply receipts when the customer answers in the affirmative;
(6) Receiving citations for impeding the flow or operation of pedestrian and vehicle traffic, creating unsanitary conditions, becoming an attractive nuisance for children or any other infraction of the Gallipolis City Codes;
(7) Repeated violations of Titles 9 or 21;
(8) Failing to pay parking meters or obtain reservations when applicable;
(10) Failing to appear before the director when properly notified to do so;
(11) Verbally threatening or attempting to intimidate any employee of the city of Gallipolis for actions taken in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter;
(12) Failing to maintain general liability insurance for each mobile food vending unit;
(13) Conviction for any crime committed in or from the mobile food vending unit;
(14) Any other form of misconduct, which shall mean conduct apart from the generally accepted practices of mobile food vending unit owners and employees, which demonstrates personal, corporate, managerial, ethical or professional characteristics or disposition rendering a person unsuitable to own or work in a mobile food vending unit.
(Ord. 2016-22. Passed 5-3-16.)