Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 8.16 Ice Cream Trucks

Sections: 8.16.010 Ice cream truck defined. 8.16.020 General requirements. 8.16.030 Vehicle condition and maintenance. 8.16.040 Frozen treats.

8.16.050 Selling—Distance from public buildings, parks and playgrounds. 8.16.060 Selling—Amplified sound requirements.

• Prior history: Prior code §§ 8.44.010—8.44.070 and Ords. 2928, 3853, 4284 and 4519.

“Ice cream truck” includes any vehicle defined in the California Vehicle Code from which ice cream, ice milk, frozen dairy products, and/or flavored ice (herein collectively referred as frozen treats) are the only items offered for retail sales on city streets. (Ord. 4890 § 1, 2017)

A person operating an ice cream truck must:

A. Maintain a valid business tax certificate from the city of Bakersfield;

B. Maintain a valid permit from the county of Kern through its public health services department;

C. Clean up all trash and litter generated within a minimum fifty-foot radius of the ice cream truck. (Ord. 4890 § 1, 2017)

Ice cream trucks must meet the vehicle condition and maintenance guidelines outlined in the California Health and Safety Code. (Ord. 4890 § 1, 2017)

All frozen treats shall comply with the rules, regulations and requirements of the Kern County public health services department. (Ord. 4890 § 1, 2017)

Ice cream trucks must park at least three hundred feet from the exterior boundary of a property used and occupied by any school, public playground or park maintained and operated by the city, or other public corporation. (Ord. 4890 § 1, 2017)

A. An ice cream truck may only use amplified music or speech emitted via sound equipment during the following hours:

1. Nine a.m. to five p.m. on Sundays; and

2. Eight a.m. to eight-thirty p.m. from May 1st through September, Monday through Saturday; and

3. Nine a.m. to five p.m. from October 1st through April on Mondays through Saturdays.

B. The volume of sound from any vehicle referenced in subsection A of this section shall be controlled so that it will not be audible for a distance in excess of one hundred fifty feet from the vehicle upon which such sound equipment is located, and so that such volume is not unreasonably loud, raucous, jarring, disturbing or a nuisance. (Ord. 4890 § 1, 2017)