5.28.091 Standards of operation for mobile itinerant vendors.
A. Only the following equipment may be brought to a mobile itinerant vendor site for use in connection with the business operated there:
1. A cart which:
a. Is no longer than three feet wide, six feet long and seven and one-half feet tall, including all appurtenances and merchandise on display, except for a garbage receptacle, stool and ice chest to be provided by the mobile itinerant vendor;
b. Includes interior space for concealed storage of all inventory, supplies, equipment and other materials brought to the mobile itinerant vendor site in connection with the business conducted there;
2. An umbrella used in connection with a cart which does not exceed six feet in diameter, when opened;
3. One table no longer than four feet and no wider than three feet; and
4. Easels and other items reasonably necessary to the display or creation of art at the mobile itinerant vendor site no longer than three feet wide and six feet high, limited to two each.
B. No signs or signage shall be permitted other than that which can be contained on and attached to the vehicle or conveyance utilized by the mobile itinerant vendor.
C. No mobile itinerant vendor shall conduct business so as to violate the traffic and sidewalk ordinances of the city as the same are now in effect or may hereafter be amended.
D. No mobile itinerant vendor shall obstruct or cause to be obstructed the passage of any sidewalk, street, avenue, alley or any other public place, by causing people to congregate at or near the place where goods are being sold or offered for sale by the mobile itinerant vendor.
E. No customer shall be served on the street side of the mobile unit. All service must be on the curb side when the mobile unit is parked in a legal parking space upon a public street.
F. No mobile itinerant vendor shall locate his or her vehicle or other conveyance in such a manner as to cause a hazard to the vehicle-operating traveling public.
G. The mobile itinerant vendor shall ensure that the area around any place it parks is maintained in a clean and orderly manner. At the conclusion of business activities at a given location, the mobile itinerant vendor shall clean all the public way surrounding the vehicle or conveyance of all debris, trash, and litter generated by the mobile itinerant vendor’s business activities.
H. Geographical Restrictions. No mobile itinerant vendor shall sell or vend from his or her vehicle or conveyance:
1. Any food or goods from his vehicle or conveyance if the conveyance is within 100 feet of the entrance of any business establishment which is open for business and offers for sale similar food or goods, unless they are a part of a recognized special event.
2. Itinerant vending shall not be permitted in the public rights-of-way on Colony and Alaska Street south of Cottonwood during recognized special events, unless they are a part of the recognized special event for which a public assembly permit or road closure permit has been issued.
I. Mobile itinerant food vendors operating on private property must also provide a site plan depicting the following:
1. Ingress and egress.
2. Location of the vending unit.
3. Location of at least three spaces for customer parking and one space for employee parking. (Ord. 19-004 § 3, 2019)