(A) Annual license. Each applicant must apply for an annual license. An annual license allows mobile food unit operations in the city for each calendar year.
(B) License fees. There is a fee for an annual license. The fee shall be established by the city fee schedule and passed by resolution of the City Council.
(C) Mobile food unit. It is unlawful for any person to operate a mobile food unit in the city without first obtaining a license from the city. An application for a license shall be filed, along with all required fees, with the City Clerk. The applicant must be the owner of the mobile food unit. The application shall be made on a form supplied by the city and shall contain the following information required for a transient merchant license.
(1) A certificate of insurance by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state, evidencing the following forms of insurance:
(a) Commercial general liability insurance, with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence. If such insurance contains an annual aggregate limit, the annual aggregate limit shall be not less than $2,000,000;
(b) Automobile liability insurance with a limit of not less than $2,000,000 combined single limit. The insurance shall cover liability arising out of any auto, including owned, hired, and non-owned vehicles;
(c) Food products liability insurance, with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence;
(d) Public liability insurance, with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence;
(e) Property damage insurance, with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence;
(f) Workers compensation insurance (statutory limits) or evidence of exemption from state law; and
(g) The city shall be endorsed as an additional insured on the certificate of insurance and the umbrella/excess insurance if the applicant intends to operate its mobile food unit on public property;
(2) The certificate of insurance shall state that the insurance has been endorsed to require that the city be notified 30 days in advance of cancellation of the policy or a material modification of a coverage term;
(3) Written consent of each private property owner from which mobile food unit sales will be conducted;
(4) The city shall conduct a background check on the applicant and all employees of the mobile food unit;
(5) A copy of each related license or permit issued by Scott County and M.S. Chapters 157 or 28A as required to operate a mobile food unit; and
(6) A copy of the applicant's state sales tax ID number.
(D) Existing licensed restaurants with brick and mortar physical sites within city limits shall be exempt from licensing requirements for special events.
(Ord. 2016-03, passed 6-6-2016)