Every mobile vendor shall apply to the City Clerk for a mobile vendor license at least three business days prior to the use by providing the following information upon a form to be provided by the City Clerk and paying the application fee in the amount set in the schedule of fees as adopted by the City Council by resolution:
(A) The full name, age, permanent address and phone number of the applicant;
(B) The business name and address;
(C) A description of the motorized vehicle or trailer from which the sale will be conducted, including the license plate number, and the length of the motorized vehicle or the trailer and tow vehicle;
(D) A summary of the cuisine of the food and beverages to be sold;
(E) The period of time the applicant has been engaged in the same or similar business and the jurisdictions in which the applicant has previously conducted business in the last year;
(F) The application must be accompanied by a copy of the retail sales tax permit issued to the applicant by the State Department of Revenue;
(G) (1) If the mobile vendor sells food or beverages other than prepackaged items that do not require hot or cold handling procedures;
(2) Under circumstances where food is not prepared, where customers may purchase beverages and where the service of food is limited to the service of ice, beverages, prepackaged snack foods, popcorn or peanuts and to the reheating of commercially prepared foods for immediate service that do not require assembly, such as frozen pizza or prepackaged sandwiches; or
(3) Under circumstances where food is not prepared, where customers may purchase only commercially prepared non-time/temperature control for safety foods that are dispensed either unpackaged or packaged and that are intended for off-premises consumption (Iowa Administrative Code § 481-31.1(2)).
(H) The application shall also contain the following:
(1) A copy of the mobile food unit license issued by the State Department of Inspections and Appeals for the mobile vendor vehicle;
(2) The name of one or more certified food protection managers employed by the business and copy of their current certification as a certified food protection manager; and
(3) The addresses of the businesses or facilities at which any fat, oil or grease generated in the operation of the mobile vendor business are disposed of, including the contact information for the individual or business responsible for the operation of each such business or facility.
(I) The location where the mobile vendor vehicle will be regularly parked when not in use.
(Prior Code, § 3-8-5) (Ord. 882, passed 3-7-2022)