Every sidewalk vendor is subject to the following operating conditions when conducting sidewalk vendor activities:
A. No sidewalk vendor shall conduct sidewalk vendor activities anywhere in the city between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. daily, with the exception of private events.
B. All food and merchandise shall be stored either inside or affixed to the cart or carried by the sidewalk vendor. Food and merchandise shall not be stored, placed, or kept on any public property. If affixed to the cart, the overall space taken up by the cart shall not exceed the size limitations provided in this section.
C. Carts and any attachments thereto shall not exceed a total height of four (4) feet, a total width of four (4) feet, and a total length of four (4) feet.
D. To maintain accessibility standards for the city's disabled residents, every sidewalk vendor operating on any sidewalk must ensure that no obstruction is placed in or on the sidewalk that would reduce the width of the sidewalk to fewer than forty-eight (48) inches, exclusive of the top of the curb. No obstruction shall be located in a sidewalk less than six (6) feet in width when the sidewalk is adjacent to the curb.
E. Sidewalk vendors shall locate their cart and/or their person in a manner that maintains a minimum four (4) foot clear accessible path for pedestrian ingress and egress free from obstructions, including cart and customer queuing area.
F. All signage and advertising related in any way to the sidewalk vendor shall be attached to the cart or the sidewalk vendor's person.
G. Sidewalk vendors shall not use any electrical, flashing, wind powered, or animated sign.
H. Carts shall not be stored on public property and shall be removed when not in active use by a sidewalk vendor.
I. Sidewalk vendors shall not leave their carts unattended.
J. No cart shall contain or use propane, natural gas, batteries, or other explosive or hazardous materials.
K. Sidewalk vendors that sell food shall maintain a trash container in or on their cart and shall not empty their trash into public trash cans. The size of the sidewalk vendor's trash container is included towards the total size limit of a cart.
L. Sidewalk vendors shall not leave any location without first picking up, removing, and disposing of all trash or refuse from their operation. Sidewalk vendors shall immediately clean up any food, grease or other fluid or item related to sidewalk vendor activities that falls on public property.
M. No sidewalk vendor shall discharge liquid upon any public street, sidewalk or premises in the city.
N. Sidewalk vendors shall not block an entrance into a building, structure or facility, or obstruct any door or window.
O. Stationary sidewalk vendors shall not cause, allow, or maintain the placement of tables, chairs, shade structures, tents, umbrellas, other furniture, rugs, towels, fabric of any kind in public spaces or in any portion of the public right-of-way.
P. Evidence of compliance with Health and Safety Code Section 114315(a). Such evidence may include, but is not limited to, written permission from a private business owner for use of the business's toilet and hand washing facility, a printed or electronic map showing the location of a compliant public toilet and hand washing facility, or similar documented evidence of compliance with. For compact mobile food operations, such compliance shall include compliance with Health and Safety Code Sections 114368.2 and 114368.4.
Q. Sidewalk vendors shall not store or leave unattended vending equipment or receptacles in public spaces or in any portion of the public right-of-way.
R. Sidewalk vendors shall comply with the noise standards set forth in this code. (Ord. 444 § 1, 2024)