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

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Placed on first reading and referred to Health and Human Services Committee 11/5/18; second reading 11/19/18. Please substitute for the original. Anderson, Bullock, George, Litten, O'Leary, Rader ORDINANCE NO. 4 4 -18 BY: AN ORDINANCE enacting Chapter 743, Mobile Food Service Operation, of the Lake- wood Codified Ordinances to establish regulations on food trucks operating within the City. WHEREAS, this Council sees a need to adopt regulations to ensure that food trucks op- erating within the City do so according to the most up -to -date standards of safety, sanitation, and liability while also balancing the interests of the restaurant community; and, WHEREAS, the food truck industry has grown considerably in recent years, generating an estimated $2.7 billion in revenue in 2017; and, WHEREAS, over the past several years food trucks have played a key role in the success of many signature community events, offering a wide variety of fare to residents and visitors; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. New Chapter 743, Mobile Food Service Operation, shall be enacted to read as follows: CHAPTER 743 Mobile Food Service Operation 743.01 Definitions. 743.02 Operation in Right of Way; Public Property. 743.03 Mobile Food Service Operation Permit. 743.04 General Regulations. 743.99 Penalty. 743.01 DEFINITIONS. As used in this Chapter: (a) "Food" shall mean a raw, cooked or processed edible substance, ice, bever- age or ingredient used or intended for use or for sale in whole or part for human consumption. (b) "Mobile food service operation" means a food service operation required to be licensed under Ohio Revised Code that is operated from a single movable ve- hicle or portable structure and that routinely changes location. (c) "Mobile food service operation permit" shall mean the permit issued by the Division of Building and Housing pursuant to this Chapter.