(A) A mobile vendor license shall be denied to any applicant who has operated a mobile vendor business in material violation of any of the requirements of this chapter or any other chapter of this code within the prior 180 days.
(B) The City Clerk or the City Clerk’s designee shall, upon satisfaction that the information provided in an application for a mobile vendor license is true and correct and that the requirements of this chapter for issuance of the license have been satisfied. The license shall identify whether the mobile vendor is limited to the sale of prepackaged food and beverages that do not require hot or cold handling procedures.
(C) The City Clerk shall deny any application for the operation of a mobile vendor business that does not conform with all applicable requirements of this chapter, the city code, the Iowa Code and the Iowa Administrative Code.
(D) In the event an application for a mobile vendor license is denied, the City Clerk or the City Clerk’s designee shall cause notice of such denial to be promptly communicated to the applicant or the applicant’s representative by phone at the phone number provided in the application. Written notice shall also be sent to the applicant at the business address identified in the application information the applicant of the denial, the reason therefore and the applicant’s right to appeal the denial to an administrative hearing officer by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk within ten business days after the date of such notice.
(Prior Code, § 3-8-10) (Ord. 882, passed 3-7-2022)