A mobile food truck operator may be entitled to apply for an annual permit under the following conditions:
(A) Anyone operating a mobile food truck must comply with all applicable Rush County and State Health Department laws and regulations and must maintain compliance while operating under a city mobile food truck permit.
(B) Mobile food truck operators must comply with and apply for their city permit with the Rushville Clerk-Treasurer's Office.
(C) Mobile food trucks may not engage in selling food or beverages between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in a public right-of-way unless it is an exempt event - such as (examples are) Riverside Park Summer Concert Series, Wilke Day Festival, Christmas on Main Street. The Mayor may extend these hours upon the prior request of permitees.
(D) All equipment used or provided shall be in good repair and shall meet the standards required in 410 I.A.C. 7-24, as amended, and I.C. Ch. 16.
(E) All mobile food trucks shall meet the requirements as set forth by the city, as amended from time to time. Such requirements shall be available to any mobile food truck operator requesting a permit and may be obtained from the City Clerk-Treasurer's Office.
(F) Food must be vended from the curb and not the street side of the mobile food truck.
(G) In the event a food truck operator changes the product sold, as well as on the operator's city permit, an amended permit shall be applied for at the City Clerk-Treasurer's Office and obtained at no additional cost to the operator. Additionally, such operator must notify the Rush County Health Department and obtain an amended permit from them or waiver of amended permit and provide such documentation to the City of Rushville. The new product to be sold still must meet all Rush County Health Department and city requirements and the regulations of this section.
(H) In the event the food truck operator is operating under a separate provision of the City's Code of Ordinances (e.g. festivals), the food truck operator shall comply with the rules and regulations of the separate provision.
(I) All mobile food trucks shall be equipped at all times with an operating and up to code 5 lb. ABC fire extinguisher.
(J) The food truck operator shall comply with all city parking regulations.
(K) Areas for food truck sales are as follows:
(1) Area is defined as any city property with permission of Mayor's Office. City property is defined as follows: all city streets, alleys, parks and any other real property that the city owns.
(2) Any private property and food truck must have consent of the owner for that private property.
(L) Violations of any provisions set forth herein or requirements established by the city, as amended from time to time, may result in revocation of the food truck operator's permit and a penalty in the amount of $100 per day that the food truck operator continues its operation without a permit.
(M) All other relevant provisions of this chapter shall apply to the operation of mobile food trucks.
(Ord. 2019-19, passed 11-19-2019)