The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(a) "Applicant" means any person or business who applies for a license/license renewal and/or permit/permit renewal under the provisions of this article.
(b) "Commissary" is a licensed or permitted food service establishment that provides required services to a Mobile Food Vehicle (MFV). A commissary may provide anything from a source for obtaining potable water and disposing of wastewater; storage for food and supplies; or cooking facilities to prepare the food for sale and consumption. A commissary provides the necessary support for the MFDV to operate in a safe and sanitary manner.
(c) "Food Service Worker" means a person who works for or under the direction of, on behalf of, or as an agent of a Mobile Food Vehicle permittee and/or owner.
(d) "License" is an approval from the York/Adams Tax Bureau that enables the holder to conduct business within the City of York.
(e) "Licensee" is the holder of a mercantile license from York/Adams Tax Bureau.
(f) "Mobile Food Vehicle" means any vehicle from which hot and cold food, and/or hot and cold drinks, served for immediate consumption, are offered for sale or delivery to buyers, consumers, or other persons on the public streets, highways and/or construction sites, and is properly licensed and permitted, and meets the minimum standards set forth by the National Sanitation Foundation.
(g) "Operator" is the entity that is legally responsible for the operation of the mobile food vehicle such as the owner, the owner's agent, or other person; and possesses a valid permit to operate a Mobile Food Vehicle.
(h) "Operating Hours" is the designated time frame mobile food vehicle are authorized to operate within the City right-of-way.
(i) "Owner" is an individual or business entity who owns and/or operates the mobile food vehicle used in business for the purpose of earning income.
(j) "Park-and-Vend" refers to a Mobile Food Vehicle that parks and remains in a location for a period of time no less than twenty minutes with the intent to serve customers in a take-out method of delivery.
(k) "Pedestrian" is a person who is walking or otherwise traveling in the public right-of way.
(l) "Permit" means a written authorization, or permission from the Mobile Food Vending Committee to vend food items via park-and-vend or roving delivery. Under the provisions of this Code section, a "permit" is not equivalent to a "license," and vice-versa.
(m) "Permittee" is the entity, person, company or corporation which has been granted a permit by the Mobile Food Vending Committee to operate a mobile food vehicle within the City of York.
(n) "Restaurant" a brick and mortar establishment where meals are generally served and eaten on premises; prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money, either paid before the meal, after the meal, or with a running tab.
(o) "Roving Vendor" refers to a mobile food vehicle that roams and stops in one spot for no longer than thirty minutes for the purpose of preparing food and serving customers from the vehicle.
(p) "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation. Whenever the word "person" is used in any section in this article prescribing a penalty or fine as applied to a partnership or association, the word shall include the partners or members thereof; such word as applied to corporations shall include the officers, agents, or employees thereof who are responsible for any violation of such section.
(q) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devises used exclusively upon rails or tracks. The term does not include a self-propelled wheelchair or an electrical mobility device operated by and designed for the exclusive use of a person with a mobility-related disability. (75 Pa. C.S. § 102)
(r) "Vendor" means a person or agency that sells.
(s) "Vending" means the act of selling.
(Ord. 7-2015. Passed 4-7-15.)