The provisions of this chapter shall apply to mobile food operations
engaged in the business of cooking, preparing, and/or distributing
food or beverage from mobile retail food vendors on private property
within the City of Englewood.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
MOBILE RETAIL FOOD VENDOR
Any movable restaurant or retail food establishment in or
on which food and beverage are transported, stored, or prepared for
retail sale or given away at temporary locations. The term "mobile
retail vendor" shall include and incorporate the term "mobile retail
food vendors," as defined in Chapter 13 of the Englewood Health Code.
Only the following mobile units shall be allowed within the City limits
for use as a mobile retail food vendor, none of which shall exceed
35 feet in length:
A.
MOBILE RETAIL MOTORIZED FOOD VENDORA food establishment that is located upon a motorized vehicle where food or beverage is cooked, prepared and served for individual portion service. Such food vendors comply with this chapter and all requirements of this chapter, as well as any other applicable section of this Code. Shall also be known as "mobile retail food vendors."
C.
MOBILE RETAIL PREPACKAGED FOOD VENDORSA food establishment that is located upon a motorized vehicle where prepackaged food or beverage is served for individual portion service. Mobile retail prepackaged food vendors shall be subject to Chapter
311, and shall be exempt from the regulations of this chapter.
Sunday through Saturday, mobile retail food vendors shall operate
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
No person holding a mobile retail food vendor license and/or
permit shall sell, lend, lease or in any manner transfer any interest
in a mobile retail food vendor license and/or permit.
Mobile food vendors shall only be permitted in the following
location:
A. The Light Industrial (L-I) Zones throughout the City and the Research,
Industry and Medical (RIM) Zone, excluding the Planned Unit Development
Overlay (PUD-1) Zone north and south of Route 4 on private property.
There shall be no mobile food vendors parked on public property or
streets. There shall be no more than one mobile food vendor permitted
on any property at any time.
Unless otherwise specified herein, this chapter shall be enforced
by any Code Enforcement Officer, Parking Enforcement Officer, the
Englewood Police Department, and/or the Health Officer.
Unless otherwise specified herein, any person violating any
provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before the
Municipal Court, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both. The amount of such fine
and/or imprisonment shall be determined by the sound discretion of
the Municipal Judge. In addition to the aforementioned penalties,
and as provided for herein, violations of this chapter may subject
the license to suspension or revocation as provided for herein.