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Editor's Note: See also Chapter 5.19, Mobile Food Units.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part); Ord. 2008-371 § 1 (part)]
The sale of frozen desserts to the public from a motorized vehicle without either an owner's or operator's license issued pursuant to this chapter is prohibited.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part); Ord. 2008-371 § 1 (part)]
Applications for a mobile ice cream vendor owner's license shall be made to the finance department on the forms provided. The application shall contain the following information:
A. 
The name, address, and date of birth of the applicant.
B. 
The applicant's work or corporate history for the past five years. If the applicant is a corporation or limited liability company, the information shall also be given for all its officers, board members, and shareholders or members. The business shall list all its officers and all other businesses operated by the entity. If the business is a foreign business, a copy of the certificate to do business in the state of Iowa shall be provided.
C. 
A list of all felony and misdemeanor conviction by the applicant or any of those individuals listed in subsection B above.
D. 
A statement as to whether the applicant or any of those individuals listed in subsection B above is a registered sex offender in this state or any other state or county.
E. 
A photocopy of the driver's license of the applicant or any of those individuals listed in subsection B above.
The application shall be verified under oath.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part); Ord. 2008-371 § 1 (part)]
Applications for a mobile ice cream vendor operator's license shall be made to the finance department on the forms provided. The application shall contain the following information:
A. 
The name, address, and date of birth of the applicant.
B. 
The applicant's work history for the past five years.
C. 
A list of all felony and misdemeanor convictions by the applicant.
D. 
A statement as to whether the applicant is a registered sex offender in this state or any other state or country.
E. 
A photocopy of the driver's license of the applicant. The application shall be verified under oath.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part); Ord. 2008-371 § 1 (part)]
In the course of doing business or operating the vehicle from which frozen desserts are being sold, owners and operators must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws including, but not limited to, motor vehicle codes and health department regulations. Violation of applicable law is grounds for suspension or revocation for both the operator's as well as the owner's license.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part); Ord. 2008-371 § 1 (part)]
Upon receipt of a completed application and payment of the application and license fee, the revenue division shall issue the license to the applicant.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part); Ord. 2008-371 § 1 (part)]
Regardless of the provisions of Section 5.18.050, no license shall be issued where the applicant or any of those individuals listed in subsection 5.18.020B above is a registered sex offender of this or any other state or country as the result of a crime committed against a person under 18 years of age. Further, no person who is a registered sex offender of this or any other state or country as the result of a crime committed against a person under 18 years of age shall operate upon the streets, alleys, and roadways a vehicle used, or that appears to be used, for the retail sale of frozen desserts whether engaged in the sale at the time or not.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part); Ord. 2010-131; Ord. 2008-371 § 1 (part)]
Every calendar prior to April 1st, the mobile ice-cream vendor shall have the sound broadcast system on its vehicle(s) calibrated by the police department to ascertain at what level the system may broadcast at in order to not exceed 70 dBA Leq (1), as those terms are defined in Chapter 8.19, at a distance of 30 feet from the vehicle. Operating the sound system above this level is prohibited.