2023-03 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 55.1 - Mobile Food Units, Temporary Vendor Stands, and Food and Beverage Carts

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ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 55.1- MOBILE FOOD UNITS,TEMPORARY VENDOR STANDS,AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE CARTS (Added Chapter 55.1, Ordinance 2022-25, May 16, 2022) BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNICL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: That Chapter 55.1 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby modified and amended by amending Section 3 and 4, so that Section 3 and 4 as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 3. APPLICATION. No person or entity may operate a mobile food unit,temporary vendor stand, or food and beverage cart without submitting a written application for such license, as applicable,to the City of Decatur's Department of Finance. The applicant shall obtain a certificate of registration from the City of Decatur Department of Finance to collect sales and food and beverage tax as required. The application shall include the following: (a) The name, signature, address and telephone number of each applicant and each corporate officer, if applicable, for the license. No license shall be issued to an applicant under the age of 18. (b) Whether the applicant has been convicted within the last five years of any offense related to theft, burglary, fraud, criminal sexual assault or criminal sexual abuse, or offenses involving violence against another person. No license shall be issued to an applicant who answers in the affirmative. (c) Whether the applicant or his employer has had a license issued pursuant to the Chapter revoked for cause. (d) The proposed location(s) and times of operation for conducting business in accordance with this Chapter.A food and beverage cart vendor may submit up to two(2)locations for conducting business. The applicant shall provide to the City written consent from the property owner for all proposed locations. No licensee shall be located in a restaurant/store/office frontage right-of-way or inhibit customer traffic unless written approval has been received from said restaurant/store/office and submitted with the application. No mobile food unit or temporary vendor stand shall be operated on the City right-of-way unless located temporarily as part of a City-approved sponsored event. (e) License plate number and registration of the mobile food unit or temporary vendor stand (if applicable)proposed to be licensed. (f) Printed image of the mobile food unit, temporary vendor stand or food and beverage cart to be used. (g) A signed statement that the licensee shall hold harmless the city and its officers and employees, and shall indemnify the city, its officers and employees for any claims for damage to property or injury to persons which may be occasioned by any activity carried on under the terms of this license. (h) Licensee shall obtain and maintain such public liability, food products liability, and property damage insurance as will protect vendor, property owners, and the city from all claims for damage to property or bodily injury, including death, which may arise from the operations under the license or in connection therewith. Such insurance shall provide coverage of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence, $2,000,000.00 aggregate. The policy shall list the City of Decatur as