44-18 - Create Chapter 743 to regulate Mobile Food Operations

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(d) "Food service operation license" means the official document issued by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health or by another jurisdiction's health district with the authority to license food service operations. 743.02 OPERATION IN RIGHT OF WAY; PUBLIC PROPERTY. (a) Consistent with Section 741.07, no person shall cause a mobile food service operator to operate on any public street or sidewalk within the City while such public street or sidewalk is open to normal public use. (b) No person shall cause a mobile food service operator to operate on any pub- lic street or sidewalk within the City unless the mobile food service operation has an existing agreement to participate in a permitted parade or special event pursuant to Chapter 557. (b) No person shall cause a mobile food service operator to operate on public property, including public parks, unless the mobile food service operation has an existing agreement to participate in a permitted parade or special event pursuant to Chapter 557 or has otherwise received written permission from the Director of Public Safety. 743.03 MOBILE FOOD SERVICE OPERATION PERMIT. (a) No person shall cause a mobile food service operator to operate in the City unless the operator has received a mobile food service operation permit from the City. (b) An application for a mobile food service permit shall be submitted to the Di- vision of Housing and Building on a form provided by the Director of Public Safety. Applicants must provide the following documentation upon submittal of the permit application: (1) A copy of a current mobile food service operation license; (2) Proof of general liability insurance coverage, including without limitation, bodily injury and property damage, in coverage amounts of at least $1,000,000.00 per occurrence, and naming the City as an additional insured, in a form that provides that the insurance coverage shall not be canceled or reduced by the insurance carrier without 30 days' prior written notice to the City; and (3) Written permission from the property owner to operate on private property. (c) The application fee for all mobile food service operation permits shall be $150.00, except that the fee for a mobile food service operation operating as an extension of a retail food establishment or food service operation located within the City shall be $50.00. (d) Upon receipt of the completed application, the Division of Housing and Building shall tender it to the Division of Fire, which shall inspect the mobile food service operation to ensure it complies with then - current fire and safety standards promulgated by the Chief of Fire, and, upon completion, issue a certi- fication of compliance to the Division of Housing and Building. Upon receipt of the certification from the Division of Fire, the Division of Housing and Building shall issue the mobile food service operation permit to the applicant, except that the Division of Housing and Building is not required to issue a mobile food ser-