2022-25 Ordinance Adding City Code, Chapter 55.1 Mobile Food Units, Temporary Vendor Stands and Food and Beverage Carts

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(o)No mobile food unit, temporary vendor stand, or food and beverage cart shall be located on an unimproved surface, except as part of a larger Cites-approved community festival or event. (p)No cart, table, chair, or other object may be located within four(4) feet of any intersection as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code, and such carts,tables, chairs, and other objects must be located so as to provide a minimum of four(4) feet of unobstructed passage. Use of glass containers in prohibited. Any items originally packaged in a Mass container shall be served in a plastic or paper container. (r)No licensee shall deface,mar,mark, damage or destroy public sidewalks,public right- of-ways or Central Park. All stains from wheels, spillage or other cause shall be removed within two (2) days. All food and beverage carts shall have a protective pad under their cart and site to protect the public sidewalk,public right-of-way or Central Park property. 10. PENALTY. Any person firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Chapter shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense and each day of a continuing violation be deemed a separate offense. The penalties or remedies provided herein shall be cumulative and resort to any one or more shall be no defense to prosecution of another. Nothing provided for herein shall preclude the City of Decatur from seeking requitable relief, in addition to fines and penalties, as it deems appropriate.