(a) "Lease" or "Lease agreement" submitted for Department approval pursuant to Administrative Code § 17-314.1(d)(2), as used in this section, means a written agreement between an exclusive distributor or a manufacturer (lessor) holding more than one temporary mobile food unit permit and a mobile food vendor licensee (lessee). The agreement is for the transfer, for a stated period of time and for a fixed amount as set forth in such written agreement, the possession of a mobile food unit owned by such exclusive distributor or manufacturer with such exclusive distributor's or manufacturer's temporary mobile food unit permit attached to the mobile food unit.
(b) All lease agreements involving the leasing of multiple temporary mobile food unit pushcarts and food trucks by manufacturers and exclusive distributors and licensed mobile food vendors that are submitted to the Department for review and approval pursuant to § 17-314.1(d)(2) of the Administrative Code must contain a rider to such lease agreements, in a form provided or approved by the Department, that is dated and signed by both parties. The department will maintain copies of an approved lease agreement form on its website and make copies available to any person on request.
(c) The provisions of § 17-314.1(d)(2) of the Administrative Code and this section apply to only the manufacturers and exclusive distributors of food products who held multiple temporary or seasonal permits prior to 1995, were authorized to renew up to 60 of those multiple temporary permits, and were exempted from application of Administrative Code § 17-307(b)(2)(f), that provides that a person (an individual or any other entity) may renew or obtain only one permit.