§ 26-6. Same—From carts along public sidewalks.

No person conducting a business from a cart or nonmotorized trailer on a public sidewalk within the city shall sell any food or beverage from such cart or trailer except under the following conditions:

(1)

The cart shall be located not less than 100 feet from a restaurant licensed by the city serving similar products or another food cart or trailer licensed by the city. A cart shall not be located directly in front of a restaurant licensed by the city.

(2)

No person conducting business from a cart may sell any food or beverage from a road, street or highway or while the cart is attached to a motorized vehicle.

(3)

Carts must be equipped with appropriate litter containers for use by the customers of the business.

(4)

Carts shall not be placed within 15 feet of any fire hydrant, emergency facility, or intersecting driveway, street or alley.

(5)

Carts shall not be placed where the width of the paved area for pedestrian passage is reduced to less than five feet.

(6)

A valid city license must be displayed on the cart.

(7)

Operation of carts shall only be in the central business district, which shall be defined as the area from West Street to Washington Street and Seminary Avenue to Illinois Street.

(8)

For the purpose of this section, a cart or non-motorized trailer shall be no larger than 72 inches high, 60 inches wide, and 72 inches long. Carts and trailers shall be self-contained and require no external power source.

(9)

Said business shall provide a certificate of insurance, subject to the reasonable approval of the city attorney, naming the city as an additional insured for the term of the license and including a liability insurance policy of not less than $2,000,000.00 per occurrence.

(10)

Said business shall provide a signed indemnification statement on a form provided by the city.

(11)

Carts shall not conduct business along streets that are closed by authority of the city council.

(Code 1968, § 15-29; Code 1996, § 26-6; Ord. No. F-1417, § 2, 2-17-2009; Ord. No. F-1854, §§ 1, 2, 4-6-2015)