[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lock
Haven 4-2-2018 by Ord. No. 984. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The general purpose of this chapter is to promote the health,
safety, comfort, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare of the
citizens of the City of Lock Haven by requiring that new and existing
mobile food vendors provide residents and customers with a level of
cleanliness, quality and safety. It is also the intent of this chapter
to establish reasonable guidelines and restrictions for mobile food
vendors and encourage the safe and convenient use of the City's
public right-of-way.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context:
Any person or business who applies for a license under the
provisions of this chapter.
A facility to which a mobile food facility returns daily
for such things as vehicle and equipment cleaning, discharging liquid
or solid wastes, refilling water tanks and ice bins, and where food
is kept, handled, prepared, packaged, or stored.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the City of Lock Haven or
any sworn officer of the City of Lock Haven Police Department.
A person who sells, intends to sell or offers to sell food
products in or about the streets of the City from a mobile food vendor
facility.
Either a street vending facility or a sidewalk vending facility.
An establishment where meals are generally served and eaten
on premises; prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return
for money, either paid before the meal or after the meal is provided.
A.
No person shall commence operation of a mobile food vendor facility
in the City of Lock Haven unless the required license has been obtained
for the facility and, if required by the state, its commissary from
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Mobile
food vendor facilities not requiring license by the state must show
proof of application and inspection by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture as required by state law.
B.
All licenses from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture shall be prominently displayed at all times during operation
of a mobile food vendor facility. If not prominently displayed, a
copy of a current license from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture must be produced to the enforcement officer upon request.
C.
Upon request from the enforcement officer, a mobile food vendor facility
must show proof of general liability insurance in the amount of $100,000
per individual and $300,000 per occurrence.
D.
Any mobile food vendor operating without the required license(s)
shall be deemed in violation of this chapter, and the mobile food
vendor shall be subject to penalties and fines as provided within
this chapter and otherwise provided by law.
E.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall be authorized to deny, revoke
or suspend operations for any mobile food vendor found in noncompliance
with the established requirements.
A.
No mobile food vendor facility shall hereafter sell or offer for
sale any products or services within 500 feet of the designated boundaries
of any City-organized, City-sponsored or City-sanctioned event or
activity to which vendor access is restricted or regulated, provided
that this restriction shall not apply to a mobile food vendor facility
who receives a written permission from the director of the department
sponsoring the event to operate within the boundaries of any City-organized,
City-sponsored or City-sanctioned event or activity.
B.
No mobile food vendor facility on public property or within the public
right-of-way shall provide or allow any dining area, including but
not limited to tables, chairs, booths, bar stools, benches, and stand-up
counters.
C.
Consumers shall be provided with single-service, break-resistant
dinnerware, drinkware, and serving containers.
D.
For mobile food vendor facilities on public property including the
City's right-of-way, the City reserves the right to temporarily
move a mobile food vendor facility if the approved location needs
to be used for emergency purposes, snow removal, construction, or
other public benefit or if the location is required for a City-sponsored
event.
E.
On school days from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., no mobile food vendor
facility may operate within 500 feet of the grounds of any building
used as a public kindergarten, elementary school or secondary school.
F.
City trash receptacles may not be used by mobile food vendor facilities.
All mobile food vendors must provide a waste bin and a recycle bin
which shall be removed by the mobile food vendor at the close of the
mobile food vendor's business day and shall pick up and remove
all papers, wrappers, bottles or other refuse dropped by the customers
thereof within 30 feet of the vicinity of the mobile food vendor facility.
Under no circumstances shall a mobile food vendor use containers or
receptacle for the use of the general public.
G.
No mobile food vendor facility shall make or cause to be made any unreasonable or excessive noise and shall comply with City ordinances including, but not limited to, nuisance elements as defined in Article XIX, General Regulations, of Chapter 410, Zoning, with respect to music, from whatever source, and all noise. No mobile food vendor facility shall use or maintain any outside amplified equipment, flashing/animated lights or noisemakers; nor shall they broadcast music or loud advertisements while stationary.
H.
A mobile food vendor facility may not operate within any City park
in the City limits, or on property owned by the City of Lock Haven.
I.
No mobile food vendor facility is permitted to park or stop to serve
customers within one-hundred-fifty-foot radius of any principal customer
entrance to any restaurant or food establishment serving food products
within the City during that establishment's hours of operation
or within 150 feet from any permitted mobile food vendor facility
location, and shall locate the mobile food vendor facility at the
curb in such a way as to cause any line which forms to do so along
the curb.
J.
No mobile food vendor facility may park in any parking areas in districts
zoned residential longer than two hours or the maximum permitted period
for parking in any one block, whichever is less.
K.
No operator of a mobile food vendor facility shall park, stand, or
move a vehicle and conduct business within areas of the City where
the mobile food vendor has not been authorized to operate.
L.
Mobile food vendor facilities are permitted to park and serve customers
on private property within all zoning districts except those denoted
as residential only if given express written consent of the property
owner and such written consent is kept in the mobile food vendor facility
at all times when the mobile food vendor facility is operating on
the property. In all residential zoning districts, mobile food vendor
facilities are permitted to park and serve customers on private property
only if given express written consent of the property owner and such
written consent is kept in the mobile food vendor facility at all
times when the mobile food vendor facility is operating on the property.
M.
No mobile food vendor shall hereafter sell or offer for sale any
food or nonfood products and services in a manner that would substantially
obstruct a public right-of-way, impair the movement of pedestrians
or vehicles, or pose a hazard to public safety.
N.
No mobile food vendor facility may park within 15 feet of a fire
hydrant, or in any no parking or unloading zone.
O.
Mobile food vendor facilities may not operate between the hours of
2:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. and mobile food vendor facilities must be
removed from public property by 2:45 a.m. each day.
P.
Mobile food vendor facilities parking in metered parking spaces will
be required to deposit coins to keep the meter in paid status and
are required to abide by the maximum time limit as required in the
metered parking area.
Q.
All mobile food vendor facilities shall be attended by at least one
operator who is at least age 18 at all times.
S.
All mobile food vendor facilities occupying a public space must be
in operation within 30 minutes of occupying the space.
T.
No mobile food vendor facility shall use electric, water or wastewater
facilities of the City without the written consent of the City Manager.
U.
All signage not affixed to the mobile food vendor facility shall meet the requirements of Chapter 410, Zoning.
V.
No liquid waste or grease is to be disposed in tree pits, storm drains
or onto the sidewalks, streets, or other public space. Under no circumstances
shall grease be released or disposed of in the City's sanitary
sewer system; however, mobile food vendor facilities shall be eligible
to dispose of waste at the City's wastewater treatment plant
for the applicable fee.
W.
Unattended vehicles prohibited. No mobile food vendor facility shall
be left unattended and unsecured at any time food is kept in the mobile
food truck. Any mobile food vendor facility which is found to be unattended
shall be considered a public safety hazard, shall be ticketed in accordance
with existing City ordinance and may be impounded.
A.
Authority is hereby conferred upon the enforcement officer to promulgate
rules and regulations with respect to the specific matters for which
such authority is herein granted and to change and modify any and
all such rules and regulations from time to time in the manner provided
by law, subject to the approval of the City Manager, provided that
such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
herein, local, state and federal law. A copy of such rules and regulations
shall be available in the office of the City Clerk.
B.
When it appears to the enforcement officer that the operation of
the mobile food vending facility poses an immediate and imminent threat
to the public health and safety that will occur if the mobile food
vending facility is not immediately closed, the enforcement officer
shall have the power to order the immediate closure of mobile food
vendor facility until such time that the violations complained of
have been corrected or the City Council or other appropriate hearing
board overrules the determination of the enforcement officer.
C.
Nothing set forth in this section may limit the pursuit of other
appropriate actions or proceedings at law or in equity available to
the City.
A.
Operation may be denied or suspended by the Code Enforcement Office
for any of the following reasons:
(1)
The mobile food vendor or any of its principals fail to satisfy any
qualification of requirements imposed by this chapter, or other local,
state or federal laws or regulations;
(2)
The mobile food vendor or any of its principals has engaged in operating
without a valid license;
(3)
The mobile food vendor facility is operated in such a manner as to
constitute a public nuisance or safety hazard; or
(4)
The mobile food vendor, its principals or agents, repeatedly violates
any of the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Notice of denial, revocation or suspension will be sent via first-class
mail to the name and address of the applicant for license with the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. If no applicant
for license with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
is on records, the notice shall be sent via first-class mail to the
registrant of the vehicle license plate or hand-delivered to the vendor
facility. Upon notice of denial, revocation, or suspension, an aggrieved
party may appeal to the City Manager by submitting a written notice
of appeal to the Code Enforcement Office within 10 days following
the date of the adverse action.
C.
The provisions of this section are not exclusive. This section shall
not preclude the enforcement of any other provisions of this chapter
or state or federal laws and regulations. The City of Lock Haven may
impose additional requirements to protect against health hazards related
to the operation of mobile food vendor facility.
A.
This chapter and its requirements, rights and privileges shall not apply in any respect to mobile food vendors at events regulated and permitted under Chapter 298, Parks and Recreation Areas.
B.
The City Council may temporarily suspend the rules, regulations or
requirements of any section of this chapter with the exception of
any state or federal law for not more than 10 days by resolution.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall
be guilty of an offense; and for every such violation, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $250, nor more than
$1,000, and the costs or prosecution, and, in default of payment of
fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 90 days.
