(a) No mobile food service operator or its employees or agents shall:
(1) Sell food items, display food items, or conduct vending operations to the occupants of vehicles stopped in traffic;
(2) Display food items or place lines or other devices for the display of food items on any building or on any utility pole, planter, tree, trash container, or other sidewalk fixture;
(3) Place any food items in or upon any street or sidewalk;
(4) Leave a vending device unattended at any time during hours of operation;
(5) Utilize loudspeakers or other noise-making devices;
(6) Conduct business without making available a container suitable for the placement of litter and without cleaning up any litter generated by the food service operator or in the area of the food service operation;
(7) Smoke or vape in or within fifty (50) feet of the unit;
(8) Use generators that produce more than sixty (60) decibels of noise.
(9) Allow a registered sex offender to work at a mobile food service location within the City of Maumee.
(b) All mobile food service operations and or their employees or agents must:
(1) Conspicuously display evidence of their mobile food service operation permit issued pursuant to this Chapter;
(2) Be constructed to internally store and contain all grease and waste water for proper disposal, to prevent ground water contamination, and to prevent discharge of any waste water onto the ground or into any storm water sewer within the City;
(3) Obey any lawful order of a police officer to relocate to avoid congestion or obstruction during an emergency;
(4) Comply with all requirements of applicable state and local law, including, without limitation, the City' s Fire prevention code, the State of Ohio Fire Code, the Ohio Department of Commerce regulations, the Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code, Ohio Department of Health's certification in food protection rule, and the City' s traffic and zoning codes;
(5) Exercise reasonable care to ensure that operations do not create a health or safety hazard to customers, other users of the sidewalks and streets, or persons on abutting property; and
(6) Operate at all times in accordance with the Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code.
(7) Utilize the city's electrical outlets if available with fees and costs set by the City administration.
(8) Operate in any manner that blocks, obstructs, or restricts the free passage of vehicles or pedestrians in the lawful use of the sidewalks or highways or ingress or egress to the abutting property. Mobile Food Vendors shall maintain a clear path of travel on any sidewalk pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended ("ADA") free of customer queuing, signage and/or all portions of the vehicle for clear movement of pedestrians. (Ord. 020-2023. Passed 7-10-23.)