No mobile food vendor shall sell, offer for sale, barter or exchange food or drink products in the City without first obtaining from the City of Tiffin a license to do so. A mobile food vendor is defined as a food sales business that is operated from a mobile vehicle or portable structure or cart including but not limited to a food truck.
(Ord. 20-106. Passed 11-2-20.)
A mobile food vendor selling food or drink products as a part of the Heritage Festival, Farmer's Market, Taste of Downtown Tiffin, or any other event determined by the City Administrator shall be exempted from the license requirements and related regulations in Chapter 723. (Ord. 20-106. Passed 11-2-20.)
Every person desiring a Mobile Food Vendor License shall file an application with the Tiffin Police Department upon a form provided by said office. A non-refundable application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for a one year license shall accompany the application. The application shall contain the following information and requirements:
(a) The name, mailing address, telephone number, email address and employeridentification number of the applicant.
(b) A description of the products to be vended.
(c) Proof of workers compensation and general liability insurance coverage with limits of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) covering any bodily injury or property damages which shall be maintained while the license is in effect. Any applicant requesting use of City property on which to locate its operations, shall name the City of Tiffin as an additional insured under said policy.
(d) Any other information deemed necessary by the City Administrator.
(Ord. 20-106. Passed 11-2-20.)
(a) All vending on City streets, sidewalks, parking lots, and other City property shall be conducted only in areas designated by the City Administrator. No vending shall take place anywhere else on property of the City of Tiffin. No vending shall take place on any on-street parking other than by the owner of the property directly adjacent to the parking spot.
(b) In addition to the license required under Section 723.01 of this Chapter, a mobile food vendor who desires to use public property designated by the City Administrator must obtain a mobile food vendor location permit from the Tiffin Police Department and pay, in advance, a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per week. Mobile food vendor location permits are issued on a first-come- first-serve basis for no less than one week and no more than one month.
(c) Vending may only be conducted between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. except Sundays when vending must end by midnight.
(d) No vending equipment or vehicle shall be left unattended at any time during vending hours. Vending equipment or vehicles must be removed once the vendor has ceased operation. The City may immediately remove and impound any vending equipment or vehicles left unattended which shall be treated as an illegally parked vehicle pursuant to Tiffin City Code.
(e) Each mobile food vendor during the period of vending shall provide adequate trash receptacles for its customers and keep the area with twenty (20) feet of its vending location free from all litter and debris arising from its operations, including the litter which arises from actions of customers disposing of wrapping or packaging materials on products sold by the vendor.
(f) Vendors shall at all times exercise reasonable care that products, packaging material, display equipment, signs and other paraphernalia shall not create a safety or health hazard to customers or other persons using the sidewalks, streets and public property.
(Ord. 20-106. Passed 11-2-20.)
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