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A. A mobile food vendor shall:

1. Operate in compliance with all applicable standards of the county of Monterey health department and the California Health and Safety Code.

2. A mobile food vending license issued pursuant to this chapter must be prominently displayed on the mobile food vending vehicle at any time vending occurs.

3. Not display, sell, or exchange any item other than food and/or beverages within city limits.

4. Not display, sell, or exchange any beverage containing alcohol.

5. Comply with all applicable food labeling requirements established by the state of California.

6. At all times operate in compliance with the California Vehicle Code, the Monterey Municipal Code, and all posted parking, stopping, and standing restrictions.

7. Provide garbage, recycling, and food waste receptacles for immediate use by customers.

8. Pick up, remove, and dispose of all garbage and/or materials and food waste dispensed from the vending vehicle and any residue deposited on the street from the operation thereof, and otherwise maintain in a clean and debris-free condition the entire area within a twenty-five-foot radius of the location where mobile food vending is occurring.

9. Operate in compliance with Chapter 8.50, prohibiting polystyrene foam containers, and Chapter 8.60, governing the use of single-use carryout bags.

10. Store all vehicles and foodstuffs at an approved commissary or commercial location approved by the county of Monterey health department. No mobile food vending vehicle shall be stored at any residential property within the city.

B. Operation on Public Streets. In addition to the requirements in subsection A of this section, a mobile food vending vehicle on a public street or highway shall:

1. Comply with all operating conditions imposed in the mobile food vendor license.

2. Operate only from public streets with adequate curb, gutter, and sidewalk improvements.

3. Not conduct business or operate on the same block for any longer than allowed by parking restrictions on the block, but in no event for longer than three hours, and shall not within a period of two hours again operate such vehicle within the limits of such block.

4. Not conduct business or operate within one block of any public or private school grounds on days that school is open between the hours of eight a.m. and five p.m.

5. Only conduct business from a licensed vehicle, wagon, trailer, or truck on a public street while parked in a legal parking space.

6. Only conduct business from the following rights-of-way:

a. All side streets within one block of Del Monte Boulevard, Imjin Parkway, and Reservation Road; provided, that the streets are not adjacent to R-1 single-family residential zoning districts;

b. Healy Avenue between Marina Drive and Paul Davis Drive;

c. Neeson Road;

d. Paul Davis Drive;

e. Other public streets adjacent to industrial, commercial, or mixed-use zoning districts; provided, that the streets are not adjacent to R-1 single-family residential zoning districts.

7. Only conduct business in rights-of-way adjacent to commercial, industrial, airport, multifamily residential, or open space zones between the hours of seven a.m. and eleven p.m.

8. Not operate in yellow commercial loading/unloading zones, white passenger zones, or red “no parking” zones.

9. Not encroach into a bicycle lane with any portion of a mobile food vending vehicle.

10. Not dispense food or beverages to persons in other vehicles or from other than the curbside of the vending vehicle when the vehicle is parked in the right-of-way.

11. Not encroach onto a public sidewalk with any part of a vehicle, wagon, trailer, or truck, or any other equipment or furniture related to the operation of the business without a minimum five-foot clearance.

C. Operation on Private Property. In addition to the requirements in subsection A of this section, a mobile food vending vehicle operating on private property shall:

1. Confine the entire operation to private property, including queueing of patrons.

2. Not encroach onto a sidewalk or other on-site route of access to the private property with any part of a vehicle, wagon, trailer, or truck, or any other equipment or furniture related to the operation of the business without a minimum five-foot clearance.

3. Provide the city with documentation from the property owner indicating permission to operate on the premises has been granted.

4. Only operate on parcels that allow industrial, commercial, or mixed uses.

5. Operate in compliance with the parking requirements in Chapter 17.44. Use of parking areas for the mobile vending vehicle shall not reduce the number of parking spaces for the established use below the standard required in the Monterey Municipal Code. (Ord. 2023-15, 2023)