As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
MOBILE FOOD UNIT
Any motorized or nonmotorized vehicle, including but not
limited to carts, stands, kiosks, any other device designed to be
portable and not permanently attached to the ground and ancillary
equipment from which food products are intended to be prepared and
or sold or distributed. Such use also includes the distribution of
prepackaged foods.
MOBILE FOOD VENDING
Vending, serving, or offering for sale food and/or beverages
from a mobile food vending unit which meets the definition of a retail
food establishment.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, service provider agrees
to defend, indemnify, pay on behalf of, and save harmless Montgomery
Township, their trustees, elected officials, officers and employees
against any and all claims, liability, demands, suits or loss, including
attorneys' fees and all other costs connected therewith, arising out
of or connected to the services provided by mobile vendors for activities
associated with mobile food vending in the Township. The service provider's
obligation to defend and indemnify shall survive the termination of
the permit.
An application for permit shall be accompanied by a fee in the
amount established by resolution by the Montgomery Township Board
of Supervisors. The applicant will also be required to submit an amount
determined by the Township as a deposit to be held in escrow during
the duration of the permit to ensure proper cleanup of the location
by the permit holder. The deposit will be returned to the applicant
by request upon expiration of the permit upon Township approval. Permits
may be renewed monthly.
A permit obtained under this chapter shall not relieve any vendor
of the responsibility of obtaining any other permit or authorization
required by any other resolution, ordinance, statute or administrative
rule.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall
be guilty of a summary offense; and for every such violation, upon
conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $250,
nor more than $1,000, and the cost of prosecution.