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HomeMy WebLinkAbout13 City AttorneyCITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION From: HUSTON T. CARLYLE, JR. Subject SR. ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY Dept: CITY ATTORNEY Date: October 20, 1998 01h Synopsis of Previous Council action: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. September 14, 1998: Legislative Review Committee recommends that Council direct City Attorney to prepare Vendor Cart Ordinance. September 21, 1998: Council directs City Attorney to prepare Vendor Cart Ordinance to be brought back to the Mayor and Common Council at its first meeting in November. Recommended motion: That said Ordinance be laid over for final adoption. Signature Contact person: HUSTON T. CARLYLE. JR. Phone: 5355 Supporting data attached: Staff Report Ward: All FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: Source: Finance: Council Notes:, (-,: `I % �! l' 75 -0262 Agenda Item No ��3 •a:)ueu►pao IJe:) aopuan s,apIsaan.rd 10 Ml) aLp aa:}e pawaned palUeap aq aaueuIpao ]Je:) aopuan a ieLp isanbai jpuno] uowwo' pue JOAew agl zeal papuawwoaaa D 'dl ag1 '8661"f l aagwaidaS up 'AaIAII:)e IJea aopuan lEgaili Iuana.ad o1 suo«ein2ai algeaaaojua gsilgelsa o3 pue sampoid agejanaq pue pool IJea aopuan 01 ssa»e luaivanuoa LPIM 1:)uIsip ssauisnq uMoaumop aLp ui ailgnd agl 2uipIno.id 3o asodind agi aol (' 'dl) aall!wwo' Mainad annelstgal aq1 ui ue2aq oulpaewa8 US 30 A31' agl JOI aaueuipao IJea aopuan a gsilgeasa of ssaaoad aql '8661 'Z aagwanoN uo jpuno] uowwo' pue JOAek4 agaJo 2uPaaw agP JOJ a:)ueulp.io IJea aopuan a aaeda.id of palaaaip seM Aawo31y A30 agP 8661 '1 Z aagwaldaS uo plag 1iaunOD uowwo' pue JOAey l aLp jo 2upaaw aLp IV aaueuipap tae' aopuan itodall jjeiS 1 ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10' 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5.04.378 is hereby added to Title 5 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows: 5.04.378 PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following respective meanings: "Pushcart" means any wagon, cart or similar wheeled container, not a "vehicle" as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, from which food or beverage is offered for sale to the public. "Downtown Business District" means that area of the City of San Bernardino bounded on the west by the I 215 freeway, on the east by Arrowhead Ave. on the north by Sixth Street and on the south by Rialto Avenue and includes both sides of each street. B. General Prohibitions. 1. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any portable box, stand, bag, bucket or similar container, on any public street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City. 2. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any pushcart on any street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City; provided, however, that sales from pushcarts may be made within the downtown business district subject to the provisions and 26 27 28 HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] 1 ■ •. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 25 26 27 28 conditions of this section, and sales may be made outside the downtown business district from pushcarts which are continually moved from place to place and stopped only for the period of time, not to exceed ten minutes at any one place, necessary to make bona fide sales to purchasers, subject to the provisions of this Code. 3. No person shall employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to sell or offer for sale any food or beverage in violation of subsection A or B of this section. 4. No pushcart from which food is dispensed shall be located for the purpose of conducting sales within one hundred fifty feet of a business selling food for onsite consumption. 5. No pushcart vendor shall be issued a Business Registration Certificate without first obtaining a valid permit from the Department of Environmental Health Services of the County of San Bernardino. C. Business Registration Certificate. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from a pushcart, nor employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to do so, without having first obtained a business registration certificate for the pushcart from the City Clerk's Office. D. Business Registration Application. Every applicant for a pedestrian food vendor business registration shall file with the City Clerk a written application on a form provided by the City Clerk, which shall contain the following: HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ordl 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 1. The name, address, telephone number and social security number of the applicant and of each person, if any, to be employed or retained by the applicant to sell food or beverages from pushcarts. 2. The number of pushcarts to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors, and the design of each pushcart, including signage. 3. The character, location, hours and routing of pushcart operations. Each business registration application shall be accompanied by payment of a non - refundable fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council to cover costs of administering this section. E. Indemnity Agreement. As a condition to receiving a pedestrian food vendor's business registration, every permittee shall execute an agreement holding the City and it's employees and agents harmless from any liability arising from the operation of the food vendor's business. F. Insurance. Every applicant, at his or her sole cost and expense, and during the term of his /or her registration or any renewal thereof, shall obtain and maintain liability insurance in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). Prior to the issuance of any registration, the applicant shall file and maintain with the City Clerk or her designee a valid and current policy or sufficient certificate or certificates evidencing the policy or policies of liability insurance, covering all operations of the applicant and his agents, and employees. The policy or policies shall contain an HMea[FoodVend.Ord] 3 1 2 3 41 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 R AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. endorsement naming the City as additional insured, shall provide that the City will be given thirty days' written notice prior to cancellation or material change, and shall be in such minimum limits as set forth herein. G. Permit Issuance. The City Clerk shall issue the business registration certificate if the applicant conforms to the regulations set forth in Section 5.04.378; otherwise the City Clerk shall deny the application. One business registration certificate shall be issued for each pushcart to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors. H. Transfer Prohibited. Business registration certificates issued under this section shall not be sold, assigned, or transferred and shall cover only the named applicant and pushcart to whom /which they are issued. L Business Registration Term. Each registration issued pursuant to this section shall be for a term of twelve months, upon the expiration of which term the applicant may renew the registration for an additional twelve month term by submitting a new application together with such business registration renewal fee as may be established by resolution of the Mayor and Common Council. J. Permit Revocation. The City Clerk shall revoke any business registration certificate for any of the following reasons: 1. Falsehood of any information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based. HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] in 1 2 3 41 5 6 7 8 n 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 2. Failure of the applicant to promptly notify the City Clerk of any change occurring subsequent to the issuance of the business registration in the information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based. 3. Failure of the applicant, or of any employees or subcontractors of the applicant, to comply with the regulations set forth in this section. 4. Violation by the applicant, or any employee or subcontractor of the applicant, of any State, County or municipal law in the course of conducting food vending operations pursuant to the registration. 5. Revocation of County of San Bernardino Health Department Permit. No person whose Business Registration Certificate is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new registration for a period of twelve months following such revocation. K. Permit Appeal. Any person who is aggrieved or dissatisfied with the conditions imposed on his or her application for a business registration, or whose application is denied or whose permit is suspended or revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such decision to the Common Council pursuant to Chapter 2.64 of this Code. L. Pushcart Regulation. 1. Each pushcart shall have affixed to it in plain view the business registration certificate required by this section. 2. Pushcarts shall not be stationed, for purposes of offering food or beverages for sale, in any location which creates an obstruction to HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] 5 1 2 3 4 51 91 10 11 12 13 14' 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian access to the public streets and sidewalks or within ten feet of any intersection, driveway or building entrance, or in any space designed for vehicular parking. 3. The maximum dimensions of any pushcart shall be six feet in length and four feet in width. 4. The only signs used in conjunction with a pushcart shall be signs affixed to or painted on the pushcart or its canopy. 5. A refuse container of at least four cubic feet capacity shall be provided in or on the pushcart. No debris shall be deposited on the ground. 6. No loudspeakers, public address system, bells, chimes or other sound making device shall be affixed to or used in conjunction with a pushcart. 7. No artificial lighting of or on any pushcart is permitted. 8. No sale of any food or beverage to any person who is in a motor vehicle at the time of sale. 9. Pushcarts will be permitted to operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only during any day. M. Penalty. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable in accordance with Section 1.12.010 subsection A. Revocation of a Business Registration Certificate shall not be a defense against prosecution. I ITC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10' 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. N. Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. O. Enforcement. Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of City Clerk, Code Enforcement, the Police Department and those Officers specified in Section 9.90.010A.5 and 9.90.010A.6 of this Code. HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] 7 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1998, by the following vote, to wit: Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT ESTRADA LIEN VACANT SCHNETZ DEVLIN ANDERSON MILLER The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this day of Approved as to form and legal content: JAMES F. PENMAN, i HTC:ea[FoodVend.0rd1 8 JUDITH VALLES, Mayor City of San Bernardino ••; CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION From: Councilwoman Esther R. Estrada Subject: Vendor Cart Ordinance Chairwoman, Legislative Review Committee Dept: Council Office Date: September 15, 1998 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: 9/14/98 — Legislative Review Committee recommended that the Council request a vendor cart ordinance be drafted for presentation to the Council patterned after the draft ordinance contained in the staff report, with enhancements to the penalty phase (Section M of draft ordinance) and with the deletion of pushcarts (Section L -10 of the draft ordinance). SEP 199 Recommended Motion: To direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to be brought back to the Council for a first reading and to be laid over. Contact Person: Jorge Carlos Supporting Data Attached: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: Council Notes: Source: (Acct. No.) Signature Phone: 5208 Ward: (Acct. Description) nance• Agenda Item No. Pa STAFF REPORT The Legislative Review Committee initially addressed the issue of vendor carts on May 26, 1998. At that time the primary intention was to develop an ordinance which would provide the public in the downtown business district with convenient access to vendor cart food and beverage products. During subsequent meetings the Committee expanded the initial intention to include the establishment of enforceable regulations to prevent illegal vendor cart activity. The draft vendor cart ordinance provided as a supplement to this report was patterned after the City of Riverside vendor cart ordinance. Input was obtained from the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce, the San Bernardino Police Department, the California Grocers Association and Stater Brothers Markets. It is the Committee's recommendation that the draft ordinance serve as a model for a City vendor cart ordinance. However, the Committee recommends that the new ordinance not place limit on the number of vendor carts permitted at this time and that the penalty described in section M of the draft ordinance be enhanced. 5.04.378 PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS A. Definitions For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following respective meanings: "Pushcart" means any wagon, cart or similar wheeled container, not a "vehicle" as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, from which food or beverage is offered for sale to the public. `'Downtown Business District" means that area of the City of San Bernardino bounded on the west by the 1215 Freeway, on the east by Arrowhead Ave. on the north by Sixth Street and on the south by Rialto Avenue and includes both sides of each street. B. General Prohibitions 1. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any portable box, stand, bag, bucket or similar container, on any public street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City. 2. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any pushcart on any street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City; provided, however, that sales from pushcarts may be made within the downtown business district subject to the provisions and conditions of this section, and sales may be made outside the downtown business district from pushcarts which are continually moved from place to place and stopped only for the period of time, not to exceed ten minutes at any one place, necessary to make bona fide sales to purchasers, subject to the provisions of this code. 3. No person shall employ direct or otherwise cause any other person to sell or offer for sale any food or beverage in violation of subsection A or B of this section. 4. No pushcart from which food is dispensed shall be located for the purpose of conducting sales within one hundred fifty feet of a business selling food for on- site consumption. 5. No pushcart vendor shall be issued a Business Registration Certificate without first obtaining a valid permit from the Department of Environmental Health Services of the County of San Bernardino. C. Business Registration Certificate No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from a pushcart, nor employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to do so, without having first obtained a business registration certificate for the pushcart from the City Clerk's Office. D. Business Registration Application Every applicant for a pedestrian food vendor business registration shall file with the City Clerk a wTitten application on a form provided by the City Clerk, which shall contain the following: I . The name, address, telephone number and social security number of the applicant and of each person, if any, to be employed or retained by the applicant to sell food or beverages from pushcarts. ?. The number of pushcarts to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors, and the design of each pushcart, including signage. 3. The character, location, hours and routing of pushcart operations. 4. Such other information as the City Clerk deems appropriate. Each business registration application shall be accompanied by payment of a non- refundable fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council to cover costs of administering this section. E. Indemnity Agreement As a condition to receiving a pedestrian food vendor's business registration, every permittee shall execute an agreement holding the City and it's employees and agents harmless from any liability arising from the operation of the food vendor's business. F. Insurance Every applicant, at his sole cost and expense, and during the term of his registration or any renewal thereof, shall obtain and maintain liability insurance. Prior to the issuance of any registration, the applicant shall file and maintain with the City Clerk or his designee a valid and current policy or sufficient certificate or certificates evidencing the policy or policies of liability insurance, covering all operations of the applicant and his agents, and employees. The policy or policies shall contain an endorsement naming the City as additional insured, shall provide that the City will be given thirty days' written notice prior to cancellation or material change, and shall be in such minimum limits as set by resolution of the City Council. G. Permit Issuance. The City Clerk shall issue the business registration certificate if she is reasonably satisfied that the operations of the applicant will conform to the regulations set forth in Section 5.04.378; otherwise the City Clerk shall deny the application. One business registration certificate shall be issued for each pushcart to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors. H. Transfer Prohibited. Business registration certificates issued under this section shall not be sold, assigned, or transferred and shall cover only the named applicant and pushcart to whom they are issued. I. Business Registration Term. Each registration issued pursuant to this section shall be for a term of twelve months, upon the expiration of which term the applicant may renew the registration for an additional twelve month term by submitting a new application together with such business registration renewal fee as may be established by resolution of the ':flavor and Common Council. J. Permit Revocation. The City Clerk may revoke any business registration certificate for any of the following reasons: 1. Falsehood of any information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based. 2. Failure of the applicant to promptly notify the City Clerk of any change occurring subsequent to the issuance of the business registration in the information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based; 3. Failure of the applicant, or of any employees or subcontractors of the applicant, to comply with the regulations set forth in this section. 4. Violation by the applicant, or any employee or subcontractor of the applicant, of any State, County or municipal law in the course of conducting food vending operations pursuant to the registration. 5. Revocation of County of San Bernardino Health Department Permit. No person whose Business Registration Certificate is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new registration for a period of twelve months following such revocation. K. Permit Appeal. Any person whose application for a business registration is denied or whose permit is suspended or revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such decision to the Common Council by filing a written notice of appeal in the City Clerk's Office within ten days after receipt of the notice of denial, suspension or revocation. The Common Council shall review and determine the appeal and the decision of the Common Council shall be final. L. Pushcart regulation 1. Each pushcart shall have affixed to it in plain view the business registration certificate required by this section. 2. Pushcarts shall not be stationed, for purposes of offering food or beverages for sale, in any location which creates an obstruction to the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian access to the public streets and sidewalks or within ten feet of any intersection, driveway or building entrance, or in any space designed for vehicular parking. 3. The maximum dimensions of any pushcart shall be six feet in length and four feet in width. 4. The only signs used in conjunction with a pushcart shall be signs affixed to or painted on the pushcart or its canopy. 5. A refuse container of at least four cubic feet capacity shall be provided in or on the pushcart. No debris shall be deposited on the ground. k 6. No loudspeakers, public address system, bells, chimes or other soundmaking device shall be affixed to or used in conjunction with a pushcart. 7. No artificial lighting of or on any pushcart is permitted. 8. No sale of any food or beverage to any person who is in a motor vehicle at the time of sale. 9. Pushcarts will be permitted to operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only during any day. 10. No more than 10 pushcarts at any one time will be permitted in the Downtown Business District. NI. Penalty Violation of this section is an infraction and is punishable in accordance with Section 1.12.010 subsection B. Revocation of a Business Registration Certificate shall not be a defense against prosecution. N. Severability If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more other section, subsections, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. O. Enforcement Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of Code Enforcement, City Clerk, and the Police Department. NOV-12-98 THU ---,7 CIIA.MMER OF C vul)EW AREA A-I Aml'Ift C. qUO2 - (9N,) C', C- 4�7RN, ;4,b W. 6TH ST • P-C). $0)( 658 • GAiti NTC) ', vember 12, 1998 To the,.%jvvor and C01,11110D C`lulcil COIIIAIII�110�� ajL4 mardim) Ar,�-,a Chainbcr Of ortliesa-IiBe , 1� ida oil. behalf OIFM',�Mber:- , - ji oil. �4,,e v;mald to requesA a co rittntiMce of Age; the Dow-jitOW" B,,jsjres,-s Associa i! 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Box 1662 San Bernardino, CA 92402 November 12, 1998 _4 The Honorable Judith Valles Members of the Common Council C/O THE CITY CLERK 300 North "D" Street San Bernardino, CA 92418' RE: Item # 13 on the City Council Agenda Ordinance of the City of San Bernardino Adding Section 5.04.378 to Title 5 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code Relating to Pedestrian Food Vendors Dear Mayor and Members of the Common Council: The Board of Directors of the San Bernardino Downtown Business Association unanimously voted to request that you continue the above - referenced ordinance in order to allow time for input from downtown merchants and the larger San Bernardino business community. The Downtown Business Association is on record supporting creation of a unique downtown business district. The vision would include pedestrian food vendors that would contribute to the overall ambiance of the district. However, we are very concerned that the ordinance, as written, could create a detrimental effect rather than the effect hoped for. We believe that if the ordinance is circulated to the downtown business community and others that have concerns, the end product will be much more beneficial to the City. Some of our concerns include, but are not limited to: The appearance of the carts as coordinated with an overall downtown theme. Professional signage of the carts. The number of carts permitted and location of such carts. The ability to regulate the types of carts in order to achieve the proper retail mix that would enhance the downtown district. We appreciate your consideration and the opportunity to have input into this important matter. Sincerely, Salvatore F. 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Box 1662 San Bernardino, CA 92402 Businesses working together to make downtown, and all of San Bernardino, the best place to work, visit, and live. C�Op�I November 12, 1998 ca z The Honorable Judith Valles Members of the Common Council rI: C/O THE CITY CLERK -� 300 North "D" Street San Bernardino, CA 92418 cc RE: Item # 13 on the City Council Agenda Ordinance of the City of San Bernardino Adding Section 5.04.378 to Title 5 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code Relating to Pedestrian Food Vendors Dear Mayor and Members of the Common Council: The Board of Directors of the San Bernardino Downtown Business Association unanimously voted to request that you continue the above - referenced ordinance in order to allow time for input from downtown merchants and the larger San Bernardino business community. The Downtown Business Association is on record supporting creation of a unique downtown business district. The vision would include pedestrian food vendors that would contribute to the overall ambiance of the district. However, we are very concerned that the ordinance, as written, could create a detrimental effect rather than the effect hoped for. We believe that if the ordinance is circulated to the downtown business community and others that have concerns, the end product will be much more beneficial to the City. Some of our concerns include, but are not limited to: The appearance of the carts as coordinated with an overall downtown theme. Professional signage of the carts. ® The number of carts permitted and location of such carts. 1 /4 1&4s 13 The ability to regulate the types of carts in order to achieve the proper retail mix that would enhance the downtown district. We appreciate your consideration and the opportunity to have input into this important matter. Sincerely, Salvatore F. Catalano President SFC:rls CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION From: HUSTON T. CARLYLE, JR. Subject: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN SR. ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN Dept: CITY ATTORNEY � O �� FOOD VENDORS. . Date: October 20, 1998 Synopsis of Previous Council action: September 14, 1998: Legislative Review Committee recommends that Council direct City Attorney to prepare Vendor Cart Ordinance. September 21, 1998: Council directs City Attorney to prepare Vendor Cart Ordinance to be brought back to the Mayor and Common Council at its first meeting in November. Recommended motion: That said Ordinance be laid over for final adoption. Signature Contact person: HUSTON T CARLYLE, JR. Phone: 5355 Supporting data attached: Staff Report Ward: All FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: Source: Council Notes: l% i ?5 -0262 Finance: Agenda Item No. i Staff Report Vendor Cart Ordinance At the meeting of the Mayor and Common Council held on September 21; 1998 the City Attorney was directed to prepare a vendor cart ordinance for the meeting of the Mayor and Common Council on November 2, 1998. The process to establish a vendor cart ordinance for the City of San Bernardino began in the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) for the purpose of providing the public in the downtown business district with convenient access to vendor cart food and beverage products and to establish enforceable regulations to prevent illegal vendor cart activity. On September 14,1998, the LRC recommended that the Mayor and Common Council request that a vendor cart ordinance be drafted patterned after the City of Riverside's vendor cart ordinance. C? L 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 121 131 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODEARELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CLTY OF SAN BERNARDINO r DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: /,ft SECTION 1. Section 5.04.378 is hereby added to itle 5 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows: 5.04.378 PEDESTRIAN FOOD VEND S A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, e following terms have the following respective meanings: "Pushcart" means any wagon cart or similar wheeled container, not a "vehicle" as defined in the Yehicle Code of the State of California, from which food or beverage is offered for sale to the public. "Downtown Business istrict" means that area of the City of San Bernardino bounded on the west by the I 215 freeway, on the east by Arrowhead Ave. on; the north by Sixth Street and on the south by Rialto Avenue and includes both sides of each street. B. General Prohibitions. 1. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any portable box, stand, bag, bucket or similar container, on any public street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City. 2. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any pushcart on any street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the C %City; provided, however, that sales from pushcarts may be made within the downtown business district subject to the provisions and I /// I /// HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] 11 2I' 3 4 5 6 71 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. conditions of this section, and sales may be made outside the downtown business district from pushcarts which are continually moved from place to place and stopped only for the period of time, not to exceed ten minutes at any one place, necessary to make bona fide sales to purchasers, subject to the provisions of this Code. 3. No person shall employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to sell or offer for sale any food or beverage in violation of subsection A or B of this section. 4. No pushcart from which food is dispensed shall be located for the purpose of conducting sales within one hundred fifty feet of a business selling food for onsite consumption. 5. No pushcart vendor shall be issued a Business Registration Certificate without first obtaining a valid permit from the Department of Environmental Health Services of the County of San Bernardino. C. Business Registration Certificate. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from a pushcart, nor employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to do so, without having first obtained a business registration certificate for the pushcart from the City Clerk's Office. D. Business Registration Application. Every applicant for a pedestrian food vendor business registration shall file with the City Clerk a written application on a form provided by the City Clerk, which shall contain the following: II /// HTC:ea[FoodVend.OrdI 12 13 Ar 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. conditions of this section, and sales may be made outside the downtown business district from pushcarts which are continually moved from place to place and stopped only for the period of time, not to exceed ten minutes at any one place, necessary to make bona fide sales to purchasers, subject to the provisions of this Code. 3. No person shall employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to sell or offer for sale any food or beverage in violation of subsection A or B of this section. 4. No pushcart from which food is dispensed shall be located for the purpose of conducting sales within one hundred fifty feet of a business selling food for onsite consumption. 5. No pushcart vendor shall be issued a Business Registration Certificate without first obtaining a valid permit from the Department of Environmental Health Services of the County of San Bernardino. C. Business Registration Certificate. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from a pushcart, nor employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to do so, without having first obtained a business registration certificate for the pushcart from the City Clerk's Office. D. Business Registration Application. Every applicant for a pedestrian food vendor business registration shall file with the City Clerk a written application on a form provided by the City Clerk, which shall contain the following: II /// HTC:ea[FoodVend.OrdI I 1� 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 11 12 13 14 15 161 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 �g AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 1. The name, address, telephone number and social security number of the applicant and of each person, if any, to be employed or retained by the applicant to sell food or beverages from pushcarts. 2. The number of pushcarts to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees pt subcontractors, and the design of { each pushcart, including sgnage. 3. The character, location; hours and routing of pushcart operations. 4. Such other inform on as the City Clerk deems appropriate. Each business registra n application shall be accompanied by payment of N a non - refundable in an amount established by resolution of the City Council to cov costs of administering this section. E. Indemnity eement. As a cond' on to receiving a pedestrian food vendor's business registration, every °rmittee shall execute an agreement holding the City and it's empl, ees and agents harmless from any liability arising from the operation of,fe food vendor's business. F. Every applicant, at his or her sole cost and expense, and during the term of his /or her registration or any renewal thereof, shall obtain and maintain liability insurance in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). Prior to the issuance of any registration, the applicant shall file and maintain with the City Clerk or her designee a valid and current policy or sufficient certificate or certificates evidencing the policy or policies of liability insurance, covering all operations of the applicant and his agents, and employees. The policy or policies shall contain an HTC ea[FoodVend.Ord] in 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13' 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. endorsement naming the City as additional insured, shall provide that the City will be given thirty days' written notice prior to cancellation or material change, and shall be in such um limits asset by resolution of the City Council. G. Permit Issuance. The City Clerk shall issue th usiness registration certificate if she is reasonably satisfied that the o rations of the applicant will conform to the regulations set forth in Sq tion 5.04.378; otherwise the City Clerk shall deny the application. Orie business registration certificate shall be issued for each pushcart to bq operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subctractors. H. Transfer Prohibited. Business regist tion certificates issued under this section shall not be sold, assigned, or ransferred and shall cover only the named applicant and ,l pushcart to hom /which they are issued. I. Business egistration Term. Each reglistration issued pursuant to this section shall be for a term of twelve months, upon the expiration of which term the applicant may renew the registration for an additional twelve month term by submitting a new application together with such business registration renewal fee as may be established by resolution of the Mayor and Common Council. J. Permit Revocation. The City Clerk may revoke any business registration certificate for any of the following reasons: 1. Falsehood of any information supplied by the applicant upon which HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ordj 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 121 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. issuance of the registration was based. 2. Failure of the applicant to promptly ,notify the City Clerk of any change occurring subsequent to:�'the issuance of the business registration in the information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration vas based. 3. Failure of the applicant, ,pr of any employees or subcontractors of :f the applicant, to comply with the regulations set forth in this section. 4. Violation by the applicant, or any employee or subcontractor of the applicant, of any State, County or municipal law in the course of conducting food vending operations pursuant to the registration. 5. Revocation " of County of San Bernardino Health Department Permit. No person whose Business Registration Certificate is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new registration for a period of twelve months following such revocation. K. Permit Appeal. Any person who is aggrieved or dissatisfied with the conditions imposed on his or her application for a business registration, or whose application is denied or whose permit is suspended or revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such decision to the Common Council pursuant to Chapter 2.64 of this Code. L. 'p Pushcart Regulation. 1. Each pushcart shall have affixed to it in plain view the business registration certificate required by this section. 2. Pushcarts shall not be stationed, for purposes of offering food or I HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] 5 ol 11 12 13 14 15 16 171 181 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. beverages for sale, in any location which creates an obstruction to the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian access to the public streets and sidewalks or within ten feet of any intersection, s driveway or building entrance, or in any space designed for vehicular parking. 3. The maximum dimensions of any pushcart shall be six feet in length and four feet in width. 4. The only signs used in conjunction with a pushcart shall be signs affixed to or painted on the pushcart or its canopy. 5. A refuse container of at least four cubic feet capacity shall be provided in or on the pushcart. No debris shall be deposited on the ground. 6. No loudspeakers, public address system, bells, chimes or other sound making device shall be affixed to or used in conjunction with a pushcart. 7. No artificial lighting of or on any pushcart is permitted. 8. No sale of any food or beverage to any person who is in a motor vehicle at the time of sale. 9. Pushcarts will be permitted to operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only during any day. M. Penalty. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable in accordance with Section 1. 12.010 subsection A. Revocation of a Business Registration Certificate shall not be a defense against prosecution. Frre:ea[ Food Vend. Ord] 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ol 11 12 13 14 15 16 171 181 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. beverages for sale, in any location which creates an obstruction to the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian access to the public streets and sidewalks or within ten feet of any intersection, s driveway or building entrance, or in any space designed for vehicular parking. 3. The maximum dimensions of any pushcart shall be six feet in length and four feet in width. 4. The only signs used in conjunction with a pushcart shall be signs affixed to or painted on the pushcart or its canopy. 5. A refuse container of at least four cubic feet capacity shall be provided in or on the pushcart. No debris shall be deposited on the ground. 6. No loudspeakers, public address system, bells, chimes or other sound making device shall be affixed to or used in conjunction with a pushcart. 7. No artificial lighting of or on any pushcart is permitted. 8. No sale of any food or beverage to any person who is in a motor vehicle at the time of sale. 9. Pushcarts will be permitted to operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only during any day. M. Penalty. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable in accordance with Section 1. 12.010 subsection A. Revocation of a Business Registration Certificate shall not be a defense against prosecution. Frre:ea[ Food Vend. Ord] 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELkTING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. N. Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. HTCea[FoodVend.Ord] VA 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 141 15 161 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1998 8y the following vote, to wit: Council Members: AYES NAYS''' ABSTAIN ABSENT ESTRADA LIEN VACANT SCHNETZ DEVLIN ANDERSON MILLER The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this day of 1 Approved as to fQ and legal content/ JAMES F. PENMAN, City ttorney ° By: rG� HTC:ea(FoodVend.Ord] E:3 JUDITH VALLES, Mayor City of San Bernardino 5 IQ 1 2 3 4 5 6' 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1� 16 17 18 19 20 21 I2 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDI O ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERrARDI O NILTNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD `ENDORS. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5.04.378 is hereby added to Title 5 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows: 5.04.378 PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following respective meanings: "Pushcart" means any wagon, cart or similar wheeled container, not a "vehicle" as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, from which food r ev o b eraJ e is offered for sale to the public. "Downtown Business District" means that area of the City of San Bernardino bounded on the west by the I 215 freeway, on the east by Arro�yhead Ave. on the north by Sixth Street and on the south by Rialto Avenue and includes both sides of each street. B. General Prohibitions. 1. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any portable box, stand, bag, bucket or similar container, on any public street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City. 2. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any pushcart on any street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City; provided, however, that sales from pushcarts may be made within the downtown business district subject to the provisions and I /// HTC ea(Foodyend.Ordj 4tr��t&.� 1 ,�i3 A 1 411 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 1� rev 18 19 ?0 21 23 ?4 26 ?7 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERrARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. conditions of this section, and sales may be made outside the downtown business district from pushcarts which are continually moved from place to place and stopped only for the period of time, not to exceed ten minutes at any one place, necessary to make bona fide sales to purchasers, subject to the provisions of this Code. 3. No person shall employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to sell or offer for sale any food or beverage in violation of subsection A or B of this section. 4. No pushcart from which food is dispensed shall be located for the purpose of conducting sales within one hundred fifty feet of a business selling food for onsite consumption. 5. No pushcart vendor shall be issued a Business Registration Certificate without first obtaining a valid permit from the Department of Environmental Health Services of the Count y of San Bernardino. C. Business Registration Certificate. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from a pushcart, nor employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to do so, without having first obtained a business registration certificate for the pushcart from the City Clerk's Office. D. Business Registration Application. Every applicant for a pedestrian food vendor business registration shall file with the City Clerk a written application on a form provided by the City Clerk, which shall contain the following: it /// HTC: ea(FoodVend.Ord I III- 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1; 16 17 1s 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAY BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 1. The name, address, telephone number and social security number of the applicant and of each person, if any, to be employed or retained by the applicant to sell food or beverages from pushcarts. 2. The number of pushcarts to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors, and the design of each pushcart, including signage. 3. The character, location, hours and routing of pushcart operations. Each business registration application shall be accompanied by payment of a non - refundable fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council to cover costs of administering this section. E. Indemnitv Agreement As a condition to receiving a pedestrian food vendor's business registration. every permittee shall execute an agreement holding the City and it's employees and agents harmless from any liability arising from the operation of the food vendor's business. F. Insurance. Every applicant, at his or her sole cost and expense, and during the term of his /or her registration or any renewal thereof, shall obtain and maintain liability insurance in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). Prior to the issuance of anv registration, the applicant shall file and maintain with the City Clerk or her designee a valid and current policy or sufficient certificate or certificates evidencing the policy or policies of liability insurance, covering all operations of the applicant and his agents, and employees. The policy or policies shall contain an HTC : ea( Food V end.Ord 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 11 12 13 14 1i 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MtiNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 24 25 26 27 28 endorsement naming the City as additional insured, shall provide that the City will be given thirty days' written notice prior to cancellation or material change, and shall be in such minimum limits as set forth herein. G. Permit Issuance. The City Clerk shall issue the business registration certificate if the applicant conforms to the regulations set forth in Section 5.04.378; otherwise the City Clerk shall deny the application. One business registration certificate shall be issued for each pushcart to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors. H. Transfer Prohibited. Business registration certificates issued under this section shall not be sold, assigned, or transferred and shall cover only the named applicant and pushcart to whom /which they are issued. I. Business Registration Term. Each registration issued pursuant to this section shall be for a term of twelve months, upon the expiration of which term the applicant may renew the registration for an additional twelve month term by submitting a new application together with such business registration renewal fee as may be established by resolution of the Mayor and Common Council. J. Permit Revocation. The City Clerk shall revoke any business registration certificate for any of the following reasons: 1. Falsehood of any information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based. HTC:ea[Foodvend.Ordl 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sy 91 Will 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 is 19 20 21 11) 2, 24 25 26 27 78 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAY BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MtiNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 2. Failure of the applicant to promptly notify the City Clerk of any change occurring subsequent to the issuance of the business registration in the information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based. 3. Failure of the applicant, or of any employees or subcontractors of the applicant, to comply with the regulations set forth in this section. 4. Violation by the applicant, or any employee or subcontractor of the applicant, of any State, County or municipal law in the course of conducting food vending operations pursuant to the registration. 5. Revocation of County of San Bernardino Health Department Permit. No person whose Business Registration Certificate is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new registration for a period of twelve months following such revocation. K. Permit Appeal. Any person who is aggrieved or dissatisfied with the conditions imposed on his or her application for a business registration, or whose application is denied or whose permit is suspended or revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such decision to the Common Council pursuant to Chapter 2.64 of this Code. L. Pushcart Regulation. 1. Each pushcart shall have affixed to it in plain view the business registration certificate required by this section. 2. Pushcarts shall not be stationed, for purposes of offering food or beverages for sale, in any location which creates an obstruction to HTC:ealFoodVend.Ord] 5 1 2 4 101 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2, 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERti ARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. the normal flow of vehicular of pedestrian access to the public streets and sidewalks or within ten feet of any intersection, driveway or building entrance, or in any space designed for vehicular parking. 3. The maximum dimensions of any pushcart shall be six feet in length and four feet in width. 4. The only signs used in conjunction with a pushcart shall be signs affixed to or painted on the pushcart or its canopy. 5. A refuse container of at least four cubic feet capacity shall be provided in or on the pushcart. No debris shall be deposited on the around. 6. No loudspeakers, public address system, bells, chimes or other sound making device shall be affixed to or used in conjunction with a pushcart. 7. No artificial lighting of or on any pushcart is permitted. 8. No sale of any food or beverage to any person who is in a motor vehicle at the time of sale. 9. Pushcarts will be permitted to operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only during any day. iN/1. Penalty. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable in accordance with Section 1. 12.010 subsection A. Revocation of a Business Re- istration Certificate shall not be a defense against prosecution. HTCxa(FoodVend.Ordl 6 Fri LA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. N. Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. O. Enforcement. Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of City Clerk, Code Enforcement, the Police Department and those Officers specified in Section 9.90.010A.5 and 9.90.010A.6 of this Code. HTC: ea[FoodVend.Ord J 7 1 2 4 5 6 7 8' 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16' 17 18 19 20 21 ?I 2; 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the May and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1998, by the following vote, to wit: Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT ESTRADA LIEN VACANT SCHNETZ DEVLIN ANDERSON tiIILLER The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this day of Approved as to form and legal content: JAMES F. PENMAN, City Attorney By: HTC : e a[ Food V e nd.Ord j 8 JUDITH , Mayor City of San Bernardino CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Fr-m: Councilwoman Esther R. Estrada Subject: Vendor Cart Ordinance Chairwoman, Legislative Review Committee Dept: Council Office Date: September 15, 1998 Synopsis of Previous Council Action: 00FIV 9/14/98 - Legislative Review Committee recommended that the Council request a vendor cart ordinance be drafted for presentation to the Council patterned after the draft ordinance contained in the staff report, with enhancements to the penalty phase (Section M of draft ordinance) and with the deletion of pushcarts (Section L -10 of the draft ordinance). SEP 15 1998 Recommended Motion: To direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to be brought back to the Council for a first reading and to be laid over. Contact Person: Jorge Carlos Supporting Data Attached: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Council Notes:, i/9 Signature Phone: 5208 Ward: Amount: Source: (Acct No.) (Acct Description) Z- Finance 1l / 2-19 _ Agenda Item No. / 9 STAFF REPORT The Legislative Review Committee initially addressed the issue of vendor carts on May 26, 1998. At that time the primary intention was to develop an ordinance which would provide the public in the downtown business district with convenient access to vendor cart food and beverage products. During subsequent meetings the Committee expanded the initial intention to include the establishment of enforceable regulations to prevent illegal vendor cart activity. The draft vendor cart ordinance provided as a supplement to this report was patterned after the City of Riverside vendor cart ordinance. Input was obtained from the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce, the San Bernardino Police Department, the California Grocers Association and Stater Brothers Markets. It is the Committee's recommendation that the draft ordinance serve as a model for a City vendor cart ordinance. However, the Committee recommends that the new ordinance not place limit on the number of vendor carts permitted at this time and that the penalty described in section M of the draft ordinance be enhanced. 5.04.378 PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS A. Definitions For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following respective meanings: "Pushcart" means any wagon, cart or similar wheeled container, not a "vehicle" as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, from which food or beverage is offered for sale to the public. "Downtown Business District" means that area of the City of San Bernardino bounded on the west by the 1215 Freeway. on the east by Arrowhead Ave. on the north by Sixth Street and on the south by Rialto Avenue and includes both sides of each street. B. General Prohibitions 1. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any portable box, stand, bag, bucket or similar container, on any public street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City. 2. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any pushcart on any street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City; provided, however, that sales from pushcarts may be made within the downtown business district subject to the provisions and conditions of this section, and sales may be made outside the downtown business district from pushcarts which are continually moved from place to place and stopped only for the period of time, not to exceed ten minutes at any one place, necessary to make bona fide sales to purchasers, subject to the provisions of this code. ;. No person shall employ direct or otherwise cause any other person to sell or offer for sale any food or beverage in violation of subsection A or B of this section. 4. No pushcart from which food is dispensed shall be located for the purpose of conducting sales within one hundred fifty feet of a business selling food for on- site consumption. 5. No pushcart vendor shall be issued a Business Registration Certificate without first obtaining a valid permit from the Department of Environmental Health Services of the County of San Bernardino. C. Business Registration Certificate No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from a pushcart, nor employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to do so, without having first obtained a business registration certificate for the pushcart from the City Clerk's Office. D. Business Registration Application Every applicant for a pedestrian food vendor business registration shall file with the City Clerk a written application on a form provided by the City Clerk. which shall contain the following: 1. The name, address, telephone number and social security number of the applicant and of each person. if any, to be employed or retained by the applicant to sell food or beverages from pushcarts. 2. The number of pushcarts to be operated by the applicant. either directly or through employees or subcontractors, and the design of each pushcart, including signage. 3. The character, location, hours and routing of pushcart operations. 4. Such other information as the City Clerk deems appropriate. Each business registration application shall be accompanied by payment of a non- refundable fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council to cover costs of administering this section. E. Indemnity Agreement As a condition to receiving a pedestrian food vendor's business registration, every permittee shall execute an agreement holding the City and it's employees and agents harmless from any liability arising from the operation of the food vendor's business. F. Insurance Every applicant. at his sole cost and expense, and during the term of his registration or any renewal thereof, shall obtain and maintain liability insurance. Prior to the issuance of any registration, the applicant shall file and maintain with the City Clerk or his designee a valid and current policy or sufficient certificate or certificates evidencing the policy or policies of liability insurance, covering all operations of the applicant and his agents, and employees. The policy or policies shall contain an endorsement naming the City as additional insured, shall provide that the Cite will be given thirty days' written notice prior to cancellation or material change. and shall be in such minimum limits as set by resolution of the Cite Council. G. Permit Issuance. The City Clerk shall issue the business registration certificate if she is reasonably satisfied that the operations of the applicant will conform to the regulations set forth in Section 5.04.378; otherwise the City Clerk shall deny the application. One business registration certificate shall be issued for each pushcart to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors. H. Transfer Prohibited. Business registration certificates issued under this section shall not be sold, assigned, or transferred and shall cover only the named applicant and pushcart to whom they are issued. I. Business Registration Term. Each registration issued pursuant to this section shall be for a term of twelve months. upon the expiration of which term the applicant may renew the I registration for an additional twelve month term by submitting a new application together with such business registration renewal fee as may be established by resolution of the %favor and Common Council. J. Permit Revocation. The City Clerk may revoke any business registration certificate for any of the following reasons: 1. Falsehood of any information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based. 2. Failure of the applicant to promptly notify the City Clerk of anv change occurring subsequent to the issuance of the business registration in the information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based; 3. Failure of the applicant, or of any employees or subcontractors of the applicant, to comply with the regulations set forth in this section. 4. Violation by the applicant, or any employee or subcontractor of the applicant, of any State, County or municipal law in the course of conducting food vending operations pursuant to the registration. 5. Revocation of County of San Bernardino Health Department Permit. No person whose Business Registration Certificate is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new registration for a period of twelve months following such revocation. K. Permit appeal. Any person whose application for a business registration is denied or whose permit is suspended or revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such decision to the Common Council by filing a written notice of appeal in the City Clerk's Office within ten days after receipt of the notice of denial, suspension or revocation. The Common Council shall review and determine the appeal and the decision of the Common Council shall be final. L. Pushcart regulation 1. Each pushcart shall have affixed to it in plain view the business registration certificate required by this section. ?. Pushcarts shall not be stationed, for purposes of offering food or beverages for sale. in any location which creates an obstruction to the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian access to the public streets and sidewalks or within ten feet of any intersection, driveway or building entrance, or in any space designed for vehicular parking. 3. The maximum dimensions of any pushcart shall be six feet in length and four feet in width. 4. The only signs used in conjunction with a pushcart shall be signs affixed to or painted on the pushcart or its canopy. 5. A refuse container of at least four cubic feet capacity shall be provided in or on the pushcart. No debris shall be deposited on the ground. 3 6. No loudspeakers, public address system, bells, chimes or other soundmaking device shall be affixed to or used in conjunction with a pushcart. 7. No artificial lighting of or on any pushcart is permitted. S. No sale of any food or beverage to any person who is in a motor vehicle at the time of sale. 9. Pushcarts will be permitted to operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only during any day. 10. No more than 10 pushcarts at any one time will be permitted in the Downtown Business District. M. Penalty Violation of this section is an infraction and is punishable in accordance with Section 1.12.010 subsection B. Revocation of a Business Registration Certificate shall not be a defense against prosecution. N. Severability If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more other section, subsections, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. O. Enforcement Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of Code Enforcement, City Clerk, and the Police Department. 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14' 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 ?7 28 ORDINANCE NO. All ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAWN BERNARDLNO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO vIUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 5.04.378 is hereby added to Title 5 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows: 5.04.378 PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following respective meanings: "Pushcart" means any wagon, cart or similar wheeled container, not a "vehicle" as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, from which food or beverage is offered for sale to the public. "Downtown Business District" means that area of the City of San Bernardino bounded on the west by the I 215 freeway, on the east by Arrowhead Ave. on the north by Sixth Street and on the south by Rialto Avenue and includes both sides of each street. B. General Prohibitions. 1. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any portable box, stand, bag, bucket or similar container, on any public street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City. 2. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from any pushcart on any street, including parkways or sidewalks, within the City; provided, however, that sales from pushcarts may be made within the downtown business district subject to the provisions and HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] 1�� I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ')l 23 24 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 25 26 27 28 conditions of this section, and sales may be made outside the downtown business district from pushcarts which are continually moved from place to place and stopped only for the period of time, not to exceed ten minutes at any one place, necessary to make bona fide sales to purchasers, subject to the provisions of this Code. 3. No person shall employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to sell or offer for sale any food or beverage in violation of subsection A or B of this section. 4. No pushcart from which food is dispensed shall be located for the purpose of conducting sales within one hundred fifty feet of a business selling food for onsite consumption. 5. No pushcart vendor shall be issued a Business Registration Certificate without first obtaining a valid permit from the Department of Environmental Health Services of the County of San Bernardino. C. Business Registration Certificate. No person shall sell or offer for sale any food or beverage from a pushcart, nor employ, direct or otherwise cause any other person to do so, without having first obtained a business registration certificate for the pushcart from the City Clerk's Office. D. Business Registration Application. Every applicant for a pedestrian food vendor business registration shall file with the City Clerk a written application on a form provided by the City Clerk, which shall contain the following: HTC:ea[Foodvend.Ordl �u 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2- 3 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 1. The name, address, telephone number and social security number of the applicant and of each person, if any, to be employed or retained by the applicant to sell food or beverages from pushcarts. 2. The number of pushcarts to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors, and the design of each pushcart, including signage. 3. The character, location, hours and routing of pushcart operations. Each business registration application shall be accompanied by payment of a non - refundable fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council to cover costs of administering this section. E. Indemnity Agreement As a condition to receiving a pedestrian food vendor's business registration. every permittee shall execute an agreement holding the City and it's employees and agents harmless from any liability arising from the operation of the food vendor's business. F. Insurance. Every applicant, at his or her sole cost and expense, and during the term of his /or her registration or any renewal thereof, shall obtain and maintain liability insurance in an amount of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). Prior to the issuance of any registration, the applicant shall file and maintain with the City Clerk or her designee a valid and current policy or sufficient certificate or certificates evidencing the policy or policies of liability insurance, covering all operations of the applicant and his agents, and employees. The policy or policies shall contain an HTC: eat FoodVend.Ord I I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERiNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 26 27 28 endorsement naming the City as additional insured, shall provide that the City will be given thirty days' written notice prior to cancellation or material change, and shall be in such minimum limits as set forth herein. G. Permit Issuance. The City Clerk shall issue the business registration certificate if the applicant conforms to the regulations set forth in Section 5.04.378; otherwise the City Clerk shall deny the application. One business registration certificate shall be issued for each pushcart to be operated by the applicant, either directly or through employees or subcontractors. H. Transfer Prohibited. Business registration certificates issued under this section shall not be sold, assigned, or transferred and shall cover only the named applicant and pushcart to whom /which they are issued. I. Business Registration Term. Each registration issued pursuant to this section shall be for a term of twelve months, upon the expiration of which term the applicant may renew the registration for an additional twelve month term by submitting a new application together with such business registration renewal fee as may be established by resolution of the Mayor and Common Council. J. Permit Revocation. The City Clerk shall revoke any business registration certificate for any of the following reasons: 1. Falsehood of any information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based. HTC:ea(f oodVend.Ord] 4 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14i 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2� 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. 2. Failure of the applicant to promptly notify the City Clerk of any change occurring subsequent to the issuance of the business registration in the information supplied by the applicant upon which issuance of the registration was based. 3. Failure of the applicant, or of any employees or subcontractors of the applicant, to comply with the regulations set forth in this section. 4. Violation by the applicant, or any employee or subcontractor of the applicant, of any State, County or municipal law in the course of conducting food vending operations pursuant to the registration. 5. Revocation of County of San Bernardino Health Department Permit. No person whose Business Registration Certificate is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new registration for a period of twelve months following such revocation. K. Permit Appeal. Any person who is aggrieved or dissatisfied with the conditions imposed on his or her application for a business registration, or whose application is denied or whose permit is suspended or revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such decision to the Common Council pursuant to Chapter 2.64 of this Code. L. Pushcart Regulation. 1. Each pushcart shall have affixed to it in plain view the business registration certificate required by this section. 2. Pushcarts shall not be stationed, for purposes of offering food or beverages for sale, in any location which creates an obstruction to HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 711 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16, 17 18 19 20 21 22 2; 24 25 26 27 2) g AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian access to the public streets and sidewalks or within ten feet of any intersection, driveway or building entrance, or in any space designed for vehicular parking. 3. The maximum dimensions of any pushcart shall be six feet in length and four feet in width. 4. The only signs used in conjunction with a pushcart shall be signs affixed to or painted on the pushcart or its canopy. 5. A refuse container of at least four cubic feet capacity shall be provided in or on the pushcart. No debris shall be deposited on the ground. 6. No loudspeakers, public address system, bells, chimes or other sound making device shall be affixed to or used in conjunction with a pushcart. 7. No artificial lighting of or on any pushcart is permitted. 8. No sale of any food or beverage to any person who is in a motor vehicle at the time of sale. 9. Pushcarts will be permitted to operate between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only during any day. M. Penalty. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable in accordance with Section 1. 12.010 subsection A. Revocation of a Business Registration Certificate shall not be a defense against prosecution. HTC:ea[foodVend.Ord j 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.0.1.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. N. Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the chapter. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. O. Enforcement. Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of City Clerk, Code Enforcement, the Police Department and those Officers specified in Section 9.90.O10A.5 and 9.90.010A.6 of this Code. HTC:ea[foodVend.Ord] 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 73 24 25 26 27 28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERT ARDINO ADDING SECTION 5.04.378 TO TITLE 5 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PEDESTRIAN FOOD VENDORS. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1998, by the following vote, to wit: Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT ESTRADA LIEN VACANT SCHNETZ DEVLIN ANDERSON i MILLER CITY CLERK The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this day of , 1998 Approved as to form and legal content: JAMES F. PENMAN, City Attorney By: HTC:ea[FoodVend.Ord] JUDITH VALLES, ayor City of San Bernardino