Lindsay Municipal Code § 5.37 Mobile Vending Regulations

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a clear and streamlined permitting process for mobile food vendors and to establish proper permit and regulatory procedures to ensure the health and safety of the community while at the same time promoting business in the city and providing additional food choices for city of Lindsay’s residents and visitors.

(Ord. 593, 2022)

"Mobile food vendor" under this chapter shall mean any person that sells, or causes or allows another, whether as an employee or as an independent contractor leasing or renting equipment, to sell any food or drinks by means of a motorized or nonmotorized vehicle, such as catering truck, motorized cart, food truck, or other itinerant method. It also includes a nonmotorized vehicle which is not self-propelled, or which cannot be moved by a person pushing or pulling such nonmotorized vehicle. Where one person employs another person to sell food or drinks or where one person leases or rents equipment or a vehicle to another person to allow them to sell food or drinks, both individuals shall be considered mobile food vendors. Mobile food vendor shall not mean (A) any person operating under a concession agreement or other agreement with the city as a party to an agreement, or (B) a "sidewalk vendor" as defined by City ordinance No. 575 regarding Sidewalk Vending Regulations.

(Ord. 593, 2022)