[Amended 4-25-2022 by Ord. No. 34-2022]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of a mobile vendor within the City of Reading without first obtaining a license pursuant to this section. Such mobile vending activities are only permitted throughout the City of Reading. Mobile vendor licensees may operate at the pagoda parking area, as approved by majority vote of the Pagoda Foundation Board of Directors on a defined schedule that allows only two mobile vendors on site at a time, at locations selected by the Public Works Director, or his designee.
(1) Vending is prohibited on private property as per § 600-902 of Chapter 600, Zoning, which states "No more than one principal use shall be permitted on a lot in a residential district, unless specifically permitted by this chapter. Where more than one principal use is allowed on a lot, the most restrictive requirement shall apply."
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(2) Preexisting mobile vendors operating the City of Reading are required to comply with all regulations contained herein and shall not be "grandfathered."
B. The restrictions of this section shall not apply to itinerant food operations associated with the organized festival, carnival, fair, parade, picnic or other affair that may be approved or sponsored by the City or its associated bureaus or agencies, in such areas which may be designated and approved for itinerant food operations on a temporary basis.
(1) Location. A mobile vendor license shall only be issued for and restricted to vendor sales from an approved mobile vending. All mobile vending shall be conducted within the public right-of-way, as defined herein.
(2) License nontransferable. A mobile vendor license shall not be transferable to another holder except upon the permanent disability of the holder, and any prohibited transfer of the license shall work an automatic forfeiture thereof. If the license holder is not a natural person, the transfer of any ownership interest in the holder of the license shall be deemed a prohibited transfer.
12. Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).