(A) Mobile food and beverage vending is prohibited where the vendor, the vendor’s vehicle or equipment, or the vending activity is blocking access to a public street, alley, bike path, sidewalk, or access to an adjacent property. They may operate in a lawful parking area of a street in a zoned residential area, but for no longer than 30 consecutive minutes on an individual city block, after which they must move to a different block. In zoned commercial or industrial areas of the city, the mobile food vendor must be parked off-street (such as in a parking lot) where sales are conducted in order to provide better safety for their customers.
(B) Mobile food and beverage vending may occur in a city park so long as the vendor is lawfully parked in a regular parking area and is not obstructing traffic or obstructing the view for fans of organized sporting events; provided, however, that mobile food and beverage vending is prohibited in any park where a concession contractor is operating in that park, unless the mobile vendor has first registered with the Finance Officer at least three weeks prior to the proposed usage; a public hearing is scheduled with the City Council with notice thereof published for one week prior to the public hearing; and after the public hearing, at which the city’s concession contractor shall be given the opportunity to be heard, the City Council may grant consent for the proposed usage.
(C) Mobile food and beverage vending is prohibited within the city between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., except in residential areas where it is prohibited between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
(D) The above prohibited times and locations do not apply to mobile food vendors operating where a city-approved special event permit has been issued, during the hours of operation of that special event, and with authorization from the special event sponsor.
(Ord. 1054, passed 7-3-2023) Penalty, see
§ 116.99