5.64.050 General operating standards.
A. The following requirements shall be met by all vendors:
1. Code Compliance. Display apparatus, vehicles, and structures must meet all applicable building, health, and fire codes for the intended use. Display apparatus, vehicles, and structures require approval by the City Treasurer and locations of display apparatus, vehicles, and structures are limited to commercial zones unless otherwise permitted by the subsequent provisions of this chapter.
2. Illegal Camping. It is illegal for any vendor to camp on the selling site, in accordance with Chapter 8.20 and Section 10.04.230.
3. Refuse and Recycling. Vendors are strongly encouraged to recycle. Vendors shall provide their own refuse/recycling containers and in no case shall City street receptacles be used for on-site vendor refuse and recycling.
a. All refuse and recycling containers shall be removed and securely stored at the close of each business day.
b. Every container shall have a cover.
c. Pickup of refuse/recyclables shall be made through a refuse service provider or through the host property owner. Written permission from the property owner or proof of other arrangements must be submitted with the application. The City, at its discretion, may require applicants to obtain commercial refuse disposal service.
d. Food vendors involved in special events shall utilize the special event refuse plan.
e. Food vendors with seating areas shall have refuse and recycling containers emptied at the close of each business day.
f. Food vendors shall comply with all applicable requirements for the collection and disposal of grease.
4. Area Maintenance. All vendors shall maintain the permitted area, the display apparatus, and the immediate area within thirty feet surrounding the permitted area in a neat, clean, and hazard-free condition.
5. Signs. All signage shall be painted on or attached to the display apparatus, cart, or vehicle, and a drawing to scale or photograph of the proposed signage shall be included in the application. Signs on display apparatus shall not appear on devices that extend above the display apparatus except on umbrellas and canvas covers. Umbrella and cover signage shall relate only to the product being sold or the name of the business. Public poles, picnic tables, and trash receptacles shall not be used to display signs. Separate freestanding signs are prohibited.
6. Business Access. Vendor license applicants shall demonstrate that there is sufficient access, parking and maneuvering space available at the site on which the vendor will operate. Suitable, safe access by pedestrians shall be provided and no structure shall obstruct access to or from parking areas or sidewalks.
7. Hours of Operation. The hours of operation shall be limited to seven a.m. to ten p.m.
8. Employee Restroom Facilities. Restroom services for employees shall be provided by a written agreement between the property owner and the vendor. The written agreement must be submitted with the application to the City Treasurer.
9. Noise Level. Noise levels shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 8.24.
10. Animals. No live animals shall be attached to any vending vehicle, cart, stand, or display.
11. Number of Parking Spaces. Parking shall be provided by a written agreement between the property owner and the vendor or transient merchant. Said written agreement must be submitted with the application to the City Treasurer. One parking space per each temporary commercial structure shall be designated on the host property and shall be located so as not to reduce the number of parking spaces required for the permanent business.
a. A parking exception may be granted by the City Manager if the applicant can adequately demonstrate that on-street parking is available, sufficient parking is provided elsewhere or customers largely walk up or would use short-term parking.
b. In no case shall the vending apparatus occupy parking spaces that reduce the amount of required parking for the host business.
12. Tents. The use of fully enclosed tents as apparatus is prohibited. A tent structure may be erected that is open on at least three sides.
13. Proximity to Special Event. Any vending apparatus that sets up within one hundred linear feet in a straight line of a special event shall ask permission from the event and appear on the special event list of vendors.
14. Zoning Compliance. No license shall be granted for a vendor unless allowed as a land use in the underlying zone(s) in which it operates except for vendors selling frozen food products.
15. Location. Except for sidewalk vendors, ice cream trucks/cycles, and vendors moving to the designated food court at the corner of 100 North and 100 West, all other vendors must get prior written approval for each location they intend to occupy.
16. Vehicles. All vehicles must be insured and registered with the Utah Department of Motor Vehicles. (Ord. 18-15 § 2, 2018; Ord. 13-17 (part), 2013)