A. No person shall own, control, operate, manage, lease, or contract with any other person for the operation of a food truck in the city without an itinerant vendor permit. It is unlawful for any person to operate a food truck or allow food truck activities in the city without having a current and valid itinerant vendor permit obtained from the city. A copy of the itinerant vendor permit shall be displayed in conspicuous view on each food truck at all times business is conducted.
B. Every food truck shall have the name, address, and telephone number of the holder of the itinerant vendor permit permanently affixed on both the left and right sides of the food truck. Such information shall be in letters and numerals not less than four inches (4") in height and shall be in contrast to the color of the background upon which the letters are placed.
C. A written application for an itinerant vendor permit shall be filed with the city manager, or the city manager's designee, on a form provided by the city and shall contain the following information:
1. The name, address, and telephone number of the person applying to become a food truck operator;
2. If the operator is an agent of an individual, company, partnership, or corporation, the name and business address, phone number, and email address of the principal of such entity;
3. The name, address, and telephone number of the operator who will be in charge of any food truck activity and/or be responsible for the person(s) working at any food truck;
4. The name, address, and telephone number of all persons that will be employed as food truck operators;
5. The number of trucks the food truck operator will operate within the city under the itinerant vendor permit;
6. The location(s) in the city where the food truck operator intends to operate;
7. The day(s) and hours of operation the food truck operator intends to operate at such location(s);
8. Copies of valid driver's licenses for all individuals who will be driving the food truck(s);
9. A description of the type of food(s) to be sold from a food truck, whether such food(s) is prepared on site, whether such food will require a heating element inside or on the food truck for food preparation, and the type of heating element if any;
10. A copy of the county health permit for each food truck;
11. The address of the approved commissary where the food truck is stored overnight, and a copy of the lease or other documentation establishing storage at the commissary is authorized;
12. Proof that the food truck operator possesses a valid California Department of Tax and Fee Administration seller's permit which notes the city as a location or sublocation, which shall be maintained for the duration of the operator's itinerant vendor permit;
13. An acknowledgement that the food truck operator will obtain and maintain throughout the duration of any permit issued under this section public liability insurance and property damage insurance, including general commercial liability coverage in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00);
14. An acknowledgement that use of public property is at the food truck operator's own risk, and the city does not take any steps to ensure public property is safe or conducive to the food truck activities;
15. An acknowledgment that the food truck operator will comply with all other applicable local, state, and federal laws;
16. A certification that under penalty of perjury, to the applicant's knowledge and belief, the information contained within the application is true and correct;
17. A list of all other cities or other jurisdictions in which the food truck operator has operated a food truck within the past twelve (12) months, whether a permit was required to operate, and, if so, whether the permit has been revoked in the past twelve (12) months; and
18. Any other relevant information required by the city manager, or the city manager's designee.
D. Such application shall be accompanied by the nonrefundable itinerant vendor permit application fee as established by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 444 § 2, 2024)