For purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) 'Goods' or 'merchandise' means and includes items and tangible things and products of every kind and description, including any food, produce, and/or beverage items.
(b) 'Human powered device' shall mean any device moved by human power including, but not necessarily limited to, any pushcart, wagon, bicycle, tricycle, or other wheeled device or conveyance.
(c) 'Operator' shall mean any person or entity owning a ten percent or greater interest in, or operating or otherwise controlling, any business involving the vending of goods or merchandise from a vehicle. For purposes of enforcement of this chapter, any violation of law committed in connection with vending by a vendor shall be deemed to be a violation by each operator of the entity for which the vendor was vending when the violation occurred.
(d) 'Person' shall mean any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity of any kind or nature.
(e) 'Public property' shall mean any real property, or interest therein, owned, leased, operated, or otherwise controlled by the city other than a street, alley, parkway, or sidewalk.
(f) 'Residential zone' or 'zoned for residential purposes' shall mean any zone of the city in which residential dwellings are an expressly permitted use.
(g) 'Vehicle' shall mean a motor vehicle as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, from which vending occurs, and shall not include any human powered device.
(h) 'Vend' or 'vending' shall mean the sale or offering for sale of any goods or merchandise to the public from a vehicle.
(i) 'Vendor' shall mean any person who engages in the act of vending from a vehicle or who drives or otherwise operates any such vehicle for the purpose of vending therefrom.
(Ord. 605 §1 (part), 2006).