(A) Requirements.
(1) It shall be unlawful to operate a mobile ice cream truck, stationary food truck/trailer, or any other itinerant street vendor vehicle in the city, and no person who owns or controls a mobile ice cream truck, food truck/trailer or itinerant street vendor vehicle shall permit it to be so operated at any time, unless the driver or owner of said vehicle shall have first obtained, and shall then have in force, an itinerant street vendor permit, issued under the provisions of this chapter.
(2) All permits shall be for specific time periods, dates, and locations.
(3) With permit, mobile frozen dairy food vendors, mobile ice cream trucks or other itinerant vendor vehicles (not including stationary food trucks/trailers) are permitted to vend in an area for a short period of time and move to multiple other locations, providing they do not remain at a location for more than 30 minutes, without specific approval, as contained in the permit.
(4) Sound equipment must be limited to music or human speech and can only be used between 11:00 a.m. and dusk each day.
(5) Sound may not be broadcast within 100 yards of schools, hospitals, churches, funeral homes, or cemeteries and shall meet all noise nuisance provisions contained in the City of Maud Nuisance Ordinance. Music must be played at a reasonably low volume while the unit is stopped for vending. If the unit is stopped for vending for more than ten minutes, then music shall be turned off.
(6) A sign or decal must be visible at all times with the business address and telephone number of the vendor permit holder printed on the side of the vehicle in letters of not less than two inches in height.
(7) Vehicles must be in good condition and have a current safety inspection sticker from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
(8) All itinerant vendors shall comply with all provisions of the City of Maud Ordinances and Zoning Regulations. Any itinerant vendor seeking to locate at a stationary point for more than 30 minutes must also obtain a temporary use permit from the Maud City Council.
(B) Safety equipment for mobile ice cream trucks or other mobile vehicles vending food products to children.
(1) Signs stating "WATCH FOR CHILDREN" or "SLOW CHILDREN CROSSING" must be posted on the front, back, and both sides of the vehicle in at least four-inch letters of contrasting colors in distinctive lettering, which is visible at 300 feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight, upon a straight, level roadway, or highway. Swing arms stating "Stop for Children" may be used as an option on the side of the vehicle in lieu of the signage with four-inch lettering.
(2) A serving window capable of being closed when not in use must be provided and located on the curbside only.
(3) The vehicle must be provided with left and right outside rear view mirrors, as well as two additional outside wide-angle mirrors on the front and back of the vehicle to enable the driver, in his normal seated position, to see around the entire vehicle and see the area in front of the vehicle obscured by the hood. Rear mirrors shall not be required if the vehicle is equipped with a no ride bumper.
(4) All vehicles must have operable four-way, yellow, flashing hazard lights to warn approaching drivers of children.
(5) A rear bumper cover or a no ride bumper must be installed to prevent children from standing or jumping on the rear of the vehicle.
(6) A trash receptacle to dispose of all litter that is generated from products sold from the mobile ice cream truck, mobile frozen dairy food vendor, or other itinerant street vendor vehicle.
(Ord. 20-0214, passed 2-18-2020)