(A) Cart dimensions. To maintain access to sidewalks, the maximum dimensions of any vending cart shall be five feet in length and three feet in width.
(B) Cart maintenance. The owner shall be responsible for all vending cart maintenance. Vending carts must be clean, sanitary, and in good working condition at all times.
(C) Health requirements. All vending carts must conform to the applicable Los Angeles County Department of Public Health standards.
(D) Vending permit displayed. Each vending cart shall have affixed to it in plain view, on the operator's left side of the vending cart, the vending permit and each other required permit.
(E) Signage. Signs and advertisements are only allowed in conjunction with a vending cart if they are affixed to, or painted on, the vending cart or its attached canopy. No sign and or advertisement may be placed and/or affixed to any public property.
(F) Lighting. Artificial lighting of any vending cart shall not project excessive light so as to create a traffic safety hazard or cause a nuisance.
(G) No open flame. No open flame shall be used on, within or about a vending cart.
(H) Electrical outlet or power source. A vending cart shall not use an electrical outlet or power source that is owned by the city and/or allow an electrical cord to contact or impede access to any public property and/or path of travel.
(I) Refuse bin. A refuse bin of at least 35-gallon capacity shall be provided in or on the vending cart to ensure proper disposal of customer trash. Prior to leaving a location, the sidewalk vendor shall pick up, remove, and dispose all trash generated by the vending operations or the vendor's customers within a ten foot radius of the vending location.
(J) Noise making. No noise-making devices shall be used in conjunction with sidewalk vending.
(K) Refuse cleanup. Sidewalk vendors shall not discard, deposit, leave, or abandon any trash, food or objects, in or upon any street, sidewalk, gutter, storm drain, catch basin, or upon any public or private lot of land in the city.
(Ord. 1098, passed 8-13-20)