The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Brewery
means a business that produces and sells beer or other malt beverages on site and which business holds a current, valid Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission type BW or BP permit.
Fixed business location
means a precise geographic location within the city, from which a commercial enterprise is conducted from within a building or structure that is in compliance with the building codes of the city, and that is occupied by the same business for 30 consecutive days or more.
Mobile food unit
means a food service establishment that is vehicle-mounted or wheeled and is capable of being readily moveable.
Religious, civic or charitable solicitations or sales
means the sale or offering for sale of literature or merchandise, or the solicitation of support or contributions, for political, religious, charitable, civic or other noncommercial cause.
Transient retail business
means the sale or offering for sale of any goods, wares, service or merchandise, including food products, to the general public from a location other than a fixed business location.
(Ordinance 06-620, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/06; 2007 Code, sec. 30-83; Ordinance 22-936, sec. 1, adopted 5/26/22)
Persons conducting newspaper sales or religious, civic or charitable solicitations or sales are exempt from sections 5.05.104 through 5.05.108.
(Ordinance 06-620, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/06; Ordinance 18-828, sec. 3, adopted 9/13/18; 2007 Code, sec. 30-84)
(a) 
No person shall park or stop any vehicle upon any street or alley within the city for the purpose of offering for sale or selling any goods, wares, services or merchandise, including food products, from the vehicle so parked or stopped.
(b) 
Subsection (a) of this section shall not prohibit the stopping or parking of trucks or other vehicles in the streets or alleys of the city for the purpose of delivering products or merchandise to the occupants of any business, residence or other structure not specifically prohibited by ordinance or statute.
(Ordinance 06-620, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/06; 2007 Code, sec. 30-85)
No person shall operate a transient retail business within the city without a license issued by the city. Each location shall constitute a separate business.
(Ordinance 06-620, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/06; 2007 Code, sec. 30-86)
Application for a transient retail business license shall be made to the building official and shall contain:
(1) 
The name, permanent street mailing address and telephone number of the principal owner of the business. If an assumed name is used for the principal owner of the business, then the name of the business shall also be supplied;
(2) 
The principal occupation of the business and identity of the goods, wares or services to be offered for sale by the business;
(3) 
The state sales tax permit number;
(4) 
The name, local address and local telephone number of the supervisor or person in charge of the transient business;
(5) 
The name, local address and local telephone number of each agent, representative, or consignee of the transient business who will be conducting such business within the city;
(6) 
If the business is to be conducted on premises owned by a person other than the owner of the business to which such license would pertain, then the application shall contain the name and address of the property owner, together with the express written permission of such owner to conduct the proposed business at such location; and
(7) 
A parking plan for the property upon which the transient retail business is to be located.
(Ordinance 06-620, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/06; 2007 Code, sec. 30-87)
(a) 
A transient retail business license issued under this article shall require a fee as currently established or as hereafter adopted by resolution of the city council from time to time for each issuance.
(b) 
A transient retail business license shall be valid for one year, provided that sales may not be conducted for longer than 30 consecutive days or 60 cumulative days in any 12-month period.
(c) 
Any change in the information in the application shall require the re-issuance of the license by submitting a new application and fee. The re-issuance of the license, under such circumstances, does not reinstate the original license date or exclude the cumulative number of days of operation under the original license at the time of re-issuance.
(d) 
Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a mobile food unit operating on the premises of a brewery if:
(1) 
The operator of the mobile food unit has a valid license issued under section 5.05.104 of this article;
(2) 
The mobile food unit is serviced by an approved commissary before and after each day of operation as evidenced by commissary trip tickets conspicuously posted in the mobile food unit; and
(3) 
The mobile food unit has a current annual inspection certificate from the building and permits department and fire marshal’s office.
(Ordinance 06-620, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/06; Ordinance 14-746, sec. 1, adopted 10/23/14; 2007 Code, sec. 30-88; Ordinance 22-936, sec. 2, adopted 5/26/22)
Prior to issuance of a license, the building official shall determine that the location has adequate parking spaces for customers and employees, exclusive of any public right-of-way.
(Ordinance 06-620, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/06; 2007 Code, sec. 30-89)
A license issued under this division shall be conspicuously displayed at the location where the transient retail business is conducted. A transient retail business shall, if requested by the customer, issue such customer a receipt in the name of such business as shown on the license application.
(Ordinance 06-620, sec. 1, adopted 3/9/06; 2007 Code, sec. 30-90)
(a) 
Solicitation of persons in vehicles.
Except as permitted by state law, it shall be unlawful for any person to peddle, sell, offer, or exhibit for sale any merchandise or service, whether for profit, for a charitable purpose or otherwise, to any person in a motor vehicle, truck, motorcycle or other vehicle while the vehicle is located within a public right-of-way.
(b) 
Solicitation in public right-of-way.
Except as permitted by state law, it shall be unlawful for any person to solicit funds, donations, contributions, employment, business or a ride, whether for profit, for a charitable purpose or otherwise, upon any public street, street right-of-way, median, traffic island, parkway, or other public right-of-way, excluding sidewalks designed for pedestrian use.
(c) 
Permission required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to peddle, sell, offer, or exhibit for sale any merchandise or service, whether for profit, for a charitable purpose or otherwise, on a public sidewalk or road without previous permission granted by the city manager, or his/her designee.
(d) 
Penalty.
Any person who shall willfully or intentionally violate this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in an amount in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 18-828, secs. 4, 6, adopted 9/13/18; 2007 Code, sec. 30-91; Ordinance adopting 2022 Code)