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A. No person shall vend from a vending vehicle which is stopped, parked or standing on any public street, alley or highway:

1. Within a posted elementary or middle school zone while children are going to or leaving the school, and during school hours;

2. When the vending vehicle is parked in violation of any other provision of this code or the California Vehicle Code;

3. Within any marked commercial loading zone;

4. When any part of the vending vehicle is open to prospective customers other than on the side of the vehicle that is positioned opposite the adjoining travel lanes of the street, alley or highway;

5. When the vending vehicle is not stopped, parked or standing on the right side of the street, alley or highway;

6. When the prospective customer is standing or sitting in another vehicle;

7. When the prospective customer is located in that portion of the street, alley or highway which is open to vehicular traffic;

8. Within the boundaries set forth in Section 12.36.020 unless the vendor has complied with Section 12.36.030;

9. Within any residential zone between the hours of seven p.m. and seven a.m.;

10. When the posted speed limit on the public street, alley, or highway is greater than thirty-five miles per hour;

11. Unless otherwise authorized or restricted as part of the permit, within a distance as established in the table below from any of the following facilities: intersections, midblock pedestrian crossings, driveways, or bus stops:

Roadway Speed Limit

Distance from Facility

20 mph

125'

25 mph

150'

30 mph

200'

35 mph

250'

12. On any public sidewalk or pathway.

B. No person shall back a vending vehicle to make or attempt to make a sale.

C. No vending vehicle shall be operated in any one location for longer than the posted parking time limit.

D. Vending is prohibited out of the front, rear, or traffic side of the vehicle.

E. Tables and chairs are not allowed in the public right-of-way.

F. Lighting shall comply with the California Vehicle Code and the city’s municipal code (Chapter 17.23).

G. Except as required to ensure the safe operation of the vending vehicle while being operated on any public or private street, alley, or highway or public property, no person on a vending vehicle shall operate any horns, sound amplification systems or other sound-producing devices or music systems which can be heard outside of the vending vehicle when such vehicle is moving, stopped, standing, or parked for purposes of advertisement when such vehicle is being operated as a vending vehicle on any public or private street, alley or highway or on public property.

H. All vending vehicles shall be equipped with solid waste containers large enough to contain all solid waste generated by the operation of such vehicle, and the operator of the vending vehicle shall pick up all solid waste generated by such operation within a fifty-foot radius of the vehicle before such vehicle is moved.

I. Mobile vending on private property requires permission from the property owner and an administrative use permit approval (Section 17.08.010). Mobile vending on city property requires city approval in conjunction with a special event. (Ord. 1594 § 3 (part), 2014)