A. Vehicle: No business license shall be issued for any business to be conducted at a fixed location to which customers are invited where such business is conducted, in whole or in part, from an automobile, truck, van, trailer, mobile home, motor home or other vehicle on wheels with or without its own motive power, at any location within this city, except in the following cases:
1. Temporarily during bona fide construction of a permanent building; or
2. In connection with a duly licensed carnival; or
3. As an authorized concession stand at public functions; or (Ord. 631, 12-2-2003)
4. In connection with a city licensed and permanent Riverdale City business' sale of merchandise, which is a part of the business' regular inventory; all sales shall be made by employees of the permanent business and all sales shall be through the permanent business' register. Any sale permitted pursuant to this exception is limited to no longer than three (3) consecutive days, and requires approval of the community development director or his/her designee prior to vehicle setup; or
5. In connection with a city licensed, permanent, on site financial lending institution that sponsors the temporary sales of vehicles from the site of the lending institution and limited to no longer than three (3) consecutive days. (Ord. 831, 2-5-2013)
B. Tent Or Table: No business shall be transacted from a tent, table or other portable structure, unless otherwise specifically provided for in this code, or unless the following requirements are met to the satisfaction of the license assessor:
1. No tent, table or other portable structure shall restrict the flow of either pedestrian or vehicle traffic.
2. No tent, table or other portable structure shall be set up for more than five (5) consecutive days, or as approved by the license assessor.
3. No tent, table or other portable structure shall be utilized by a business, nor on behalf of a business, for more than three (3) times in any calendar year.
4. Tents, tables and other portable structures may be used to sell only merchandise that is part of the regular inventory of a business licensed, and which is doing business from a permanent structure, in the city 1 .
5. No tent may be used for temporary or seasonal sales such as fireworks or Christmas trees.
6. Licensed businesses desiring to utilize a tent, table or other portable structure for the sale of their merchandise shall, prior to setting up said tent, table or other portable structure, notify and receive approval from the license assessor or his appointed designee.
7. No tent, table or other portable structure shall be used in connection with the authorized sale, if any, of merchandise along side of any motorized or nonmotorized vehicles or other apparatus with wheels thereon. (1985 Code § 11-1-18.1)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also section 3-1-9 of this chapter. |