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

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vice operation permit fewer than 10 days after receipt of a completed applica- tion. (e) Mobile food service operation permits are effective on a calendar -year basis, shall expire on December 31 of each year, and are not transferable. (f) No person shall cause a mobile food service operator to operate in the City, and the City may revoke the operator's mobile food service operation permit, if the operator's food service operation license has been suspended, canceled or revoked, or if the operator fails to maintain compliance with all regulations im- posed by the Department of Public Safety, the Ohio Department of Health, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health or any other local, state or federal agencies. 743.04 GENERAL REGULATIONS. (a) No person shall cause a mobile food service operator to: (1) Sell food items, display food items, or conduct vending operations to the oc- cupants of vehicles stopped in traffic; (2) Display food items or place lines or other devices for the display of food items on any building or on any utility pole, planter, tree, trash container, or oth- er sidewalk fixture; (3) Place any food items in or upon any street or sidewalk; (4) Leave a vending device unattended at any time during hours of operation; (5) Utilize loud speakers or other noise - making devices in such a way to create a nuisance; or (6) Conduct business without making available a container suitable for the placement of litter. (b) All mobile food service operations must: (1) Conspicuously display evidence of their mobile food service operation per- mit issued pursuant to this Chapter; (2) Be constructed to internally store and contain all waste water for proper dis- posal, to prevent ground water contamination, and to prevent discharge of any waste water onto the ground or into any storm water sewer within the City; (3) Obey any lawful order of a police officer to relocate to avoid congestion or obstruction during an emergency; (4) Comply with all requirements of applicable state and local law, including, without limitation, the City's fire prevention code, the State of Ohio fire code, the Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code, and the City's traffic and zoning codes; (5) Exercise reasonable care to ensure that operations do not create a health or safety hazard to customers, other users of the sidewalks and streets, or persons on abutting property; and (6) Operate at all times in accordance with the Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code.