Sidewalk vendors shall meet all of the following requirements:
A. The sidewalk vendor is duly licensed and meets all requirements of § 5.06.030; and
B. The sidewalk vendor can set up their vending operation while still leaving a minimum accessible path of travel that is consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all local and state laws and regulations, without obstruction from the vendor equipment and the customer queue, along the public sidewalk or public pathway; and
C. The sidewalk vendor maintains the vending area in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition; and
D. Prior to leaving the vending area, the sidewalk vendor shall collect all litter and debris within a twenty foot radius of the vendor that was generated by the vending activities; and
E. There shall be no disposal of cooking material or waste, including but not limited to used oil, into the city's trash receptacles, storm drains, plant material, or foliage, in or upon any street, sidewalk, path, gutter, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, or other drainage structure, or upon any public or private lot of land in the city. Vendors shall immediately clean up any food, grease, or other fluid or item related to the sidewalk vending operation that falls onto public property; and
F. The sidewalk vendor shall be located at least ten feet from any entrances to private or public buildings, private or public driveways, parking spaces or building windows; and
G. No vending shall occur within ten feet of a fire hydrant, fire escape, bus stop, loading zone, handicapped parking space or access ramp; and
H. No vending shall occur within a corner cut-off area, as identified in subsection X below; and
I. No tables, chairs, fences, shade structures, other site furniture intended for customer use, or any freestanding signs shall be permitted in conjunction with the vendors' vending activities; and
J. The sidewalk vendor shall not attach or use any water lines, electrical lines, or gas lines during vending operations; and
K. A pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance used for sidewalk vending shall not be chained, fastened, or affixed at any time to any building or structure, including but not limited to lampposts, parking meters, traffic signals, fire hydrants, benches, bus shelters, trashcans, street signs, trees, or other objects within the public-right of way. No pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance used for sidewalk vending shall become a permanent fixture on the vending site or be considered an improvement to real property; and
L. Exterior storage or display of refuse, equipment, materials, goods, wares, or merchandise associated with the vendor is prohibited; and
M. The sidewalk vendor shall not store, place, or keep any food or merchandise on public property; and
N. The sidewalk vendor shall not display any signage on public property; and
O. All signage and advertising related to the sidewalk vendor and/or the vending operations shall not be electrical, flashing, wind powered, or animated; and
P. The sidewalk vendor shall not use a horn, siren, amplified music, or any other audible device to attract attention to the presence of the vending vehicle; and
Q. The sidewalk vendor shall not engage in aggressive sales, which shall include touching a person being offered food or merchandise without that person's consent, continuing to offer food or merchandise for sale to a person after he or she has declined to purchase food or merchandise, or deliberately blocking or impeding the path of the person(s) being offered food or merchandise, or shall not vend to persons sitting in their parked vehicles while illegally parked; and
R. The sidewalk vendor shall publicly display any and all required business and health licenses; and
S. The sidewalk vendor shall remit all required and applicable taxes to the applicable taxing agencies; and
T. No vending shall occur within five hundred feet of a certified farmers' market, a swap meet, an event held pursuant to an event permit; and
U. The sidewalk vendor shall not leave his or her sidewalk vending operation unattended to solicit business for the vending operation; and
V. The sidewalk vendor shall not contain or use propane, natural gas, batteries, or other explosive or hazardous materials. The vendor shall not use an open flame for the sidewalk vending operation; and
W. The sidewalk vendor shall not sell alcohol, marijuana, adult-oriented material, tobacco products, products that contain nicotine, or any product used to smoke/vape nicotine and/or marijuana; and
X. No vending shall occur within a corner cutoff area. A corner cutoff area is that area at all intersecting and intercepting streets or highways. The cutoff line shall be in a horizontal plane, making an angle of forty-five degrees with the side, front, or rear property line, as the case may be. It shall pass through the points located on both sides and front, or rear property line, as the case may be. It shall pass through the points located on both sides and front or rear property lines at a distance of thirty feet from the intersection of such lines at the corner of a street or highway; and
Y. No vending shall occur within the designated "Traffic Visibility Area" which consists of the triangular area formed by measuring:
1. Twenty-five feet in either direction from the intersection of the front and street-side lot lines or their prolongation; or
2. Ten feet in either direction from intersecting driveways, or a street/alley intersecting a driveway.
Z. No vending shall occur within five hundred feet of any public or private child care center or academic school for elementary, junior high, or high school students; and
AA. No vending shall occur within three feet of any street lights, edges of tree wells, parking meters, or above-ground utility structures; and
BB. No vending shall occur within two feet of any existing subsurface utility box, valve, or vault; and
CC. No vending shall occur within two feet of another vendor; and
DD. No vending shall occur at bus stop locations, red curbs, or at locations where there are existing above-ground amenities such as newsstands or street furniture, including, but not limited to benches and bike racks; and
EE. No vending shall occur in roadways, medians, pedestrian islands, or bikeways; and
FF. No vending shall occur within twenty feet of the entrance way to any building, store, theater, movie house, house of worship, or place of public assembly; and
GG. No vending shall occur with two hundred feet of city hall, police station, and LA County Fire Station; and
HH. No vending shall occur within one hundred feet of a public picnic area, playground area, playground equipment, public community center, or athletic field or court.
(Ord. 2023-11-1545 § 3 (part), 2023)