The Board of Trustees of the Village of Great Neck Plaza hereby finds
that the public safety, welfare and interest, particularly as it relates as
to parking, traffic and pedestrian safety, will be served by the licensing
of food-vending vehicles as defined herein.
The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following
meanings:
APPLICANT
The entity or individual that operates the a food-vending vehicle
and that is applying for a license hereunder.
FOOD-VENDING VEHICLE
A vehicle of any kind from which food or beverages are dispensed
to members of the public on a retail basis for consumption. A "food-vending
vehicle" shall not include:
A.
Vehicles which are utilized to make deliveries of food or beverage pursuant
to telephone orders from establishments that already have conditional use
permits from the village to operate food establishments.
B.
Vehicles which make wholesale deliveries of food or beverage into food
service establishments within the village for resale to the public.
C.
Ice cream trucks, i.e., vehicles which dispense ice cream products to
the public by stopping briefly at a multitude of locations within the village.
LICENSE
The license, issued by the Village of Great Neck Plaza, authorizing
the licensee to operate a food-vending vehicle within the Village of Great
Neck Plaza.
LICENSEE
An entity or individual holding a valid license to operate a food-vending
vehicle within the Village of Great Neck Plaza.
OPERATE
To either drive a food-vending vehicle or to dispense food from it.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation
or other entity.
VILLAGE
The Village of Great Neck Plaza.
The fee for each license when initially issued to an applicant shall
be $250. The fee for the annual renewal of a license shall be $50.
Any offense against any provision of this chapter shall be a violation
of this chapter, which shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250
or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
Section
159-3A of Chapter
159, Peddling and Soliciting, which exempts persons who distribute food on regular customer routes from licensing as peddlers and haulers, shall have no effect on this chapter and shall not provide any exemption for food-vending vehicles which must be licensed under this chapter. With respect to the licensing of food-vending vehicles, to the extent there may be any conflict between this chapter and Chapter
159, Peddling and Soliciting, the provisions of this chapter shall apply.