[Adopted 7-18-2013 by Ord. No. 34-2013]
For the purposes of this article, restaurants, food carts and
food trucks shall constitute an establishment that serves and/or prepares
food or drink and shall be defined as:
FOOD CART
A mobile kitchen that is set up on the street to facilitate
the sale and marketing of street food to people from the local pedestrian
traffic. Food carts are often found in large cities throughout the
world and can be found selling food of just about any variety.
A.
Food carts come in two basic styles. One allows the vendor to
sit or stand inside and serve food through a window. Another uses
all of the room inside the cart for storage and to house the cooking
machinery, usually some type of grilling surface. The cart style is
determined principally by the type of food served at the cart.
B.
Food carts are different from food trucks because they do not
travel under their own power. Some food carts are towed by another
vehicle, while some alternatively are pushed by a human.
C.
Health license certification is to be displayed at all times
and made visible to the public/customer view.
FOOD TRUCK
A.
A food truck or mobile kitchen is a mobile venue that is self
contained, and owners employees work from inside, sell food, and all
food trucks are driven from location to location. Some, including
ice cream trucks, sell mostly frozen or prepackaged food; others are
more like restaurants on wheels. Some may cater to specific meals,
such as the breakfast truck, lunch truck or lunch wagon and snack
truck, break truck or taco truck. Food trucks have propane tanks which
are to be securely contained on the truck; generators are not to come
off the truck and be placed on City streets or sidewalks. Trash is
to be picked up after each time the truck is set to sell food. Grease
is not to be discarded into City sewer grates.
B.
Health license certification is to be displayed at all times
and made visible for public/customer view.
RESTAURANT
Any eating or drinking establishment on a permanent foundation,
whether or not it has a seating capacity, or any store, drinking or
eating establishment licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board,
regardless of seating capacity, including but not limited to bars,
night clubs, restaurants, mini marts or grocery stores ("merchant").
VENDOR
A.
Collectively refers to food carts and food trucks.
B.
Health license certification is to be displayed at all times
and made visible for public/customer view.
All licenses must be renewed within five business days from
the expiration date of the establishment's current license. Failure
to renew within the allotted time period shall result in the assessment
of a late fee in the amount of double the cost of the license.
All payments of fees, including, but not limited to, license
fees, late fees, inspection fees and reinstatement fees, shall be
payable to the City of Scranton and are subject to appropriation by
the Council of the City of Scranton. The City Treasurer shall issue
an appropriate receipt evidencing such payment.
After the City has received the appropriate payment for the
license, including payment of any outstanding late fees, inspection
fees and reinstatement fees, the City Health Inspector shall issue
the appropriate license.