(a) Any person vending from ice cream trucks on the City's streets shall have any vehicle used for such vending inspected by the City's Division of Police for safety and for equipment required by this Section 743.03. Said inspection for safety may include, but may not be limited to, inspection of all lights, tire tread, mirrors, and any other features deemed relevant to safety by the City's Division of Police. The inspection shall be conducted annually prior to the issuance of a license, as required in this chapter, and at such other times as the Division of Police deems necessary in order to assure compliance with this chapter.
(b) The inspection provided for in subsection (a) hereof shall take place before any license is issued. Such license will not be issued unless all vehicles to be used by the applicant for vending are equipped with the following:
(1) Two six-inch or larger flashing amber lights in front and on top of the vehicle;
(2) Two six-inch or larger flashing amber lights in the rear and on top of the vehicle;
(3) Front and rear vehicle signs with the words "Slow-Children" displayed in eight-inch black letters on a yellow background;
(4) A stop signal arm that can be extended horizontally from the left side of the truck duplicating the design, as set forth in the State Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. This arm shall be red and white in color and shall contain two alternately flashing lights three to five inches in diameter at the top and bottom thereof, visible at 300 feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight upon a straight level street. The two lights facing to the front shall be red and the two lights facing to the rear shall be red. The bottom of the signal arm shall be 42 inches above the highway.
The driver of an ice cream truck stopped on the streets for the purpose of vending shall actuate the special flashing lights and extend the stop signal arm. These lights and the stop signal arm shall not be used when the truck is in motion, nor at any time the truck is stopped for a purpose other than vending;
(5) A convex mirror mounted on the front so that the driver in his or her normal seating position can see the area in front of the truck obscured by the hood;
(6) Once issued, the license must be prominently displayed in plain view at all times that the vehicle is in operation within the City; and
(7) Each applicant will pay the non-refundable fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for such license for that calendar year.
(Ord. 38-2011. Passed 7-12-11.)