As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ICE CREAM TRUCKS
Every motor vehicle in which ice cream, ice milk and other frozen
dairy products, as approved by the Nassau County Department of Health, are
carried for the purpose of retail sales on streets of the village.
STREET VENDING VEHICLE
Any vehicle which is used to sell a commodity or provide a service
which tends to attract children and travels the roadways within the village
making frequent, intermittent and unscheduled stops on roadways or shoulders
of the roadways in order to sell said commodities and/or provide such services.
In addition to equipment required by law, every street vending vehicle
operating within the village shall be further equipped with:
A. In addition to the other equipment required by law, every
street vending vehicle shall be equipped with a swing arm that can be extended
horizontally from the left side of the vehicle. That part of the swing arm
that is attached to the vehicle itself shall be 7 3/16 inches in height and,
when extended outward and to the side of the vehicle, shall extend a length
of 18 inches and be flared to a height of 18 inches. Located at the upper
and lower corners of the eighteen-inch side will be flashing red lights visible
from the front and rear. These lights shall be four inches in diameter and
shall flash simultaneously. The background of the sign shall be painted red
and shall be reflective. The lettering shall be painted white. In the middle,
in letters seven inches in height, shall be painted the word "STOP." The sign
shall be lettered and painted on both sides so that it will be visible from
both front and rear. The bottom of said sign shall be at a height of not less
than 42 inches above the level of the street.
[Amended 10-17-2005 by L.L. No. 6-2005]
B. Convex mirrors mounted on the front and
rear so that the driver, in his normal seated position, can see the area in
front of the truck obscured by the hood and an area in the rear extending
across the truck and four feet to the rear of the bumper.
C. Signal lamps mounted at the same level and as high and
as widely spaced laterally as practicable. These lamps shall be five to seven
inches in diameter and shall display two simultaneously flashing yellow lights
to the front and two simultaneously flashing red lights to the rear, both
of which are visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight upon a straight, level
road.
The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking a vending vehicle stopped
on a roadway shall stop before reaching the vehicle when the flashing lights
aforementioned and stop signal arms described are in use. After stopping,
a driver may proceed at a reasonable and prudent speed not exceeding 10 miles
per hour and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian who crosses the
roadway.
Every ice cream truck shall be inspected by the appropriate inspection
agency or Police Department once each year prior to its use in the village
for the purpose of retail sales of frozen dairy products. The appropriate
department shall inspect each ice cream truck to determine whether it complies
with this chapter of the Village of Massapequa Park and other state and local
laws.
A certificate of insurance in an amount as specified by the Village
Administrator on each vehicle operating in the village shall be submitted.
[Amended 6-13-1994 by L.L.
No. 19-1994]
Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter shall
be punishable by a fine of up to the maximum fine allowed by law.