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Chapter 6.15 — MOBILE FOOD VENDING VEHICLES

Palm Springs Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Palm Springs

§ 6.15.010. Purpose—Intent.

The City Council expressly finds that vehicles in which produce, confections, and food products are prepared, cooked, and/or carried for purposes of retail sale on the public streets pose special dangers to the public health, safety, and welfare of children and residents in the City of Palm Springs. It is the purpose and intent of the City Council, in enacting this, to provide responsible companies and individuals who engage in the operation of Mobile Food Vending Vehicles with clear and concise regulations to prevent safety, traffic, and health hazards, as well as to preserve the peace.

(Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.020. Definitions.

As used in this Chapter:

"Downtown Palm Springs" means the area generally bounded by both sides of Vista Chino on the north, both sides of the alignment of Palm Canyon Drive, Alejo Road, Belardo Road, North Museum Drive, E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, and Belardo Road on the west, both sides of Ramon Road on the south, and both sides of Palm Canyon Drive and Indian Canyon Drive on the east.

"Food" means items intended primarily for consumption by human beings.

"Mobile food vending vehicle" means any Category 1, 3, 4, or 5 mobile food facility as defined by Riverside County Ordinance No. 580.5, as may be amended from time to time, that is equipped or primarily used for the preparation and retail sale of food on any public street, alley, parking lot, or highway within the City. The inventory of these vehicles need not be necessarily limited to produce, food, or confections.

"Mobile food vendor" means any person who:

  1. Conducts or permits or causes the operation of Mobile Food Vending Vehicles;

  2. Owns, operates, controls, manages, or leases Mobile Food Vending Vehicles; or

  • Contracts with persons to drive and vend from Mobile Food Vending Vehicles.

"Mobile food vendor's permit" means a permit issued by the City Manager authorizing the holder thereof to engage in the business of food vending.

"Operator" means any person who drives, operates or vends from a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle and shall include the driver and assistant on each Mobile Food Vending Vehicle.

"Park" means all grounds, buildings, improvements, and areas dedicated to use by the public for park, recreation, or open space purposes and over which the City has acquired right of use for such purposes. The term "Park" includes sidewalks, trails, and pathways in or around park facilities, park strips, and other grounds of any park.

"Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or stockholder and includes, but is not limited to, owners, operators, drivers, lessors, and lessees of food trucks.

"Vend" or "vending" means offering food products of any kind for preparation or sale from a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle as defined in this section on a street, alley, highway or public place within the City and includes the movement or standing of a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle

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HEALTH AND SANITATION

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§ 6.15.050

for the purpose of preparing food for retail sale, or searching for, obtaining or soliciting retail sales of products.

(Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.030. Permit—Required.

No person shall operate or cause the operation of a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle in the City without a Mobile Food Vendor's permit issued pursuant to the provision of this Chapter and any other license or permit required under any other provision of this code. Additionally, a mobile food facility permit issued by the county of Riverside and certificates of inspection from the Office of the Fire Marshal, are required for each and every Mobile Food Vending Vehicle before the Mobile Food Vendor's permit is issued.

(Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.040. Permit—Term—Renewal.

The term of the Mobile Food Vendor permit, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall be annual. Upon the expiration of such term, the permittee may renew the permit by paying the renewal fee as is established by resolution of the City Council. If there are substantial changes in the original application, a new application shall be required in conformance with Section 6.15.050.

(Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.050. Application for Mobile Food Vendor Permit—Contents—Required Fee.

  • A. Any person who desires to obtain a permit to operate or cause the operation of one or more Mobile Food Vending Vehicles shall obtain an application from the City Manager. Prior to submitting such application a nonrefundable fee, as established by resolution of the City Council, shall be paid to the City Manager to defray, in part, the cost of the investigation and report required by this Chapter. After an application permit has been filed with the City Manager, the City Manager shall cause an investigation to be made by the health officer and chief of police. Permit issuance fees required under this Chapter shall be in addition to any license, permit or fee required under any other Chapter of this code.

  • B. Neither the filing of an application for a permit, nor the payment of an application fee, shall authorize the vending from, operation or management of a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle until such permit has been granted or renewed.

  • C. Each applicant for a permit to conduct business as a Mobile Food Vendor shall furnish the following information:

    1. The present or proposed address from which the business is to be conducted;

    2. The full true name under which the business will be conducted;

    3. The full true name and any other names used by the applicant;

    4. The present residence and business address and telephone numbers of the applicant;

    5. A general description of the kinds of merchandise that the Mobile Food Vending Vehicles will vend;

    6. The number of vehicles to be owned, operated or controlled by the applicant and the

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§ 6.15.060

makes, body styles, years, serial and engine numbers, state license plate numbers, and names and addresses of the registered and/or legal owners of each vehicle;

  1. A description of the logo, color scheme, insignia, and any other distinguishing characteristics of applicant's vehicles;

  2. Insurance in the manner and form required by this Chapter from a responsible, solvent insurance carrier authorized to issue public liability and property damage insurance in the state of California;

  3. The full and true names, addresses and telephone numbers of all persons employed or intended to be employed, or with whom the applicant has contracted, leased or intends to contract with as driver operator of the applicant's vending vehicles, and in addition, their:

    • a. California driver's license or other identification commonly accepted in commercial undertakings; and

    • b. Food worker's certificate.

  4. If the applicant is a corporation, the name shall be stated exactly as set forth in its articles of incorporation. The applicant shall show the name and residence address of each of the officers, directors, and each stockholder, owning not less than ten percent of the stock of the corporation, and the address of the corporation itself, if different than the applicant's place of business. If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall show the name and residence address of each of the partners, including limited partners, and the address of the partnership itself, if different than the applicant's place of business;

  5. All criminal convictions of the principals, operators, drivers, excluding minor traffic offenses (any traffic offense designated as a felony shall not be construed as a minor traffic offense), stating the date, place, nature and sentence of each such conviction;

  6. The applicant, if other than an individual, shall also furnish the following information:

  • a. Each business address of the applicant for the three-year period immediately preceding the date of the application and the inclusive dates of each such business,

  • b. The nature of the business or firm for the three-year period immediately preceding the date of the application, and

  • c. The permit history of the applicant for the three-year period immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application, including whether such applicant, in previously operating in this or any other city, county, state or territory, has ever had any similar license or permit, or franchise revoked or suspended, and if so, the circumstances of such suspension or revocation;

  1. Such other identification and/or information as the City Manager may require in order to discover the truth of the matters required to be set forth in the application.

(Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

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§ 6.15.060

§ 6.15.080

§ 6.15.060. Investigation of Application.

The City Manager shall act to approve or deny an application for a Mobile Food Vendor's permit under this Chapter within a reasonable period of time and in no event shall the City Manager act to approve or deny said permit later than ninety days from the date the application was accepted as complete by the City Manager. Every Mobile Food Vendor permit issued pursuant to this Chapter will terminate at the expiration of one year from the date of its issuance unless sooner suspended or revoked.

(Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.070. Permit—Issuance.

  • A. The City Manager shall grant the Mobile Food Vendor's permit if the City Manager finds that all of the following requirements have been met:

    1. The required fees have been paid;

    2. The application conforms in all respects to the provisions of this Chapter;

    3. The applicant has not knowingly made a material misrepresentation of fact in the application;

    4. The applicant has fully cooperated in the investigation of the application;

    5. The applicant if an individual; or any of the directors, officers or stockholders holding more than ten percent of the stock of the corporation; or any of the partners, including limited partners, or profit interest holder, manager or other person principally in charge of the operation of the existing or proposed business of vending from a food vending truck or a natural person employed or contracted with to be a driver has not been convicted or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty within five years prior to his or her application for a permit to a misdemeanor or felony crime of moral turpitude or drug-related misdemeanor or felony crime, including, but not limited to:

      • a. the sale of a controlled substance specified in California Health Safety Code Sections 11054 through 11058;

      • b. the sale, distribution or display of harmful or obscene matter;

      • c. indecent exposure;

      • d. selling or disposing of lottery tickets;

      • e. permitted gambling, pool selling or bookmaking; or in the case of applications for an operator's permit, alcohol or drug-related traffic offenses.

  • B. The City Manager is specifically authorized to obtain state summary criminal history record information as provided for in Section 11105 of the California Penal Code. Any complaint for the above-listed charges pending before a court of law shall cause the application to be considered pending until adjudication of the complaint.

  • (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.080. Permit—Denial.

  • A. If the City Manager finds that the requirements set forth in Section 6.15.070 have not been

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§ 6.15.100

met, the City Manager shall deny the application for a Mobile Food Vendor's permit. In the event the application is denied by the City Manager, written notice of such denial shall be given to the applicant specifying the basis for such denial. Notice of denial shall be deemed to have been served if, in fact, it is personally served to the applicant or when deposited in the United States mail with prepaid postage and addressed to the applicant at his or her residence address as set forth in the application.

  • B. Any applicant whose application for a Mobile Food Vendor permit has been denied by the City Manager, may submit an appeal in writing to the City Clerk within fifteen days of such denial. The City Council may refer the appeal to a hearing officer.

  • (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.090. Permit—Revocation.

  • A. Any vendor permit may be suspended or revoked by the City Manager for any of the following reasons:

    1. Falsehood of any information supplied by the permittee upon which issuance of the permit was based;

    2. Failure of the permittee to notify the City Manager within two weeks of any change occurring subsequent to the issuance of the permit in the information supplied by the permittee upon which issuance of the permit was based;

    3. Failure of the permittee, or of any employees or subcontractors of the permittee, to comply with the regulations set forth in Sections 6.15.110 through 6.15.160 inclusive; or

    4. Violation by the permittee, or any employee, subcontractor or independent contractor of the permittee, of any state law or municipal ordinance while in the course of conducting vending operations from food trucks pursuant to the permit.

  • B. No such suspension or revocation shall become effective until the permit holder has been notified in writing of the right of such permit holder to appeal the suspension or revocation. Notification of the permit holder shall be made either by personal delivery or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the permit holder at such permit holder's residence address as set forth on the application for a permit. If an appeal is filed, the suspension or revocation shall be stayed and shall become effective only upon decision of the City Council or, at the option of the City Council, by a hearing officer. The suspension or revocation shall become effective after the timely appeal period has expired. The appeal shall be in writing and filed with the City Clerk within fifteen days of effective date of suspension or revocation.

  • C. No person whose permit is revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new permit for a period of one year following such revocation.

  • (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.100. Mobile Food Vending Vehicle Regulations.

  • A. Each Mobile Food Vending Vehicle shall have a current, valid county of Riverside grade card/decal health inspection sticker affixed to the lower right side of the windshield and a current, valid business license decal affixed as specified in Section 5.04.200 of this code.

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  • B. Each individual who drives, operates or vends from a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle shall have on his or her person a current, valid California driver's license and a food worker certificate pursuant to Section 6.07.020 of this Code, which he or she shall make available for inspection by law enforcement officials or code compliance officers upon request.

  • C. Condition/Appearance of Site.

    1. The site where a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle is parked shall be maintained in a safe and clean manner at all times.

    2. Exterior storage of refuse, equipment or materials associated with the food vending truck is prohibited.

    3. The Mobile Food Vending Vehicle shall maintain vehicular and pedestrian circulation and access consistent with all local and state regulations.

    4. Any Mobile Food Vending Vehicle parked out of the public right-of-way to conduct business must have the written consent of the property owner to do so. If such a food vending truck has written permission from the property owner, up to four tall standup cocktail-type tables but, no chairs, no fences or other site furniture (permanent or otherwise) shall be permitted.

  • D. Litter Control.

    1. Any Mobile Food Vending Vehicle licensed by the county of Riverside as a Category 4 or Category 5 mobile food facility shall provide a minimum of two thirty-two-gallon litter receptacles within fifteen feet of the vehicle. The receptacles will serve both employees and customers.

    2. The Mobile Food Vending Vehicle vendor shall maintain the subject property and adjacent right-of-way free of litter on and within one hundred feet of the vending site.

    3. All refuse shall be removed from the vending site and properly disposed of within thirty minutes of the close of vending for the day at that site.

  • E.

Security.

  1. The vendor shall install signage indicating that loitering is not permitted and customers may only remain on the lot for up to thirty minutes after receiving their food.

  2. The vendor shall enforce the no-loitering rule.

  3. The serving or consumption of alcohol shall be prohibited at vending sites.

  • F. Toilets and Handwashing Facilities. In order for a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle to remain parked and conducting business in one location longer than one hour, it must be situated within two hundred feet travel distance of a legally approved and permitted toilet and handwashing facility, or as otherwise approved by the City Manager, to ensure that restroom facilities are available to Mobile Food Vending Vehicle employees. The Mobile Food Vending Vehicle operator must have permission of the property owner to use the toilet and handwashing facility.

  • G. Mobile Food Vending Vehicles operating as part of a special event permitted by the City

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§ 6.15.120

Manager shall comport with the permissions and restrictions of the approved permit. (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.110. Prohibited Conduct.

  • A. No person shall vend from a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle which is stopped, parked, or standing on any public street or parking lot within Downtown Palm Springs.

  • B. No person shall vend from a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle which is stopped, parked, or standing on any public street or parking lot when the following apply:

    1. When the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle is parked within 500 feet of the nearest property line of any school serving students 18 years of age or younger, or any public park unless that school is a college, university, or vocational school that primarily serves students older than eighteen years of age, unless the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle is associated with a certified farmers' market that is open at the time that the food vending truck is conducting business;

    2. When the posted speed limit on the public street, alley or highway is greater than thirty-five miles per hour;

    3. When the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle is parked in violation of any other provision of this Code, or the California Vehicle Code;

    4. When any part of the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle is open to prospective customers other than on the side of the vehicle next to the right side of the street, alley or highway;

    5. When the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle is not stopped, parked or standing on the right side of the street, alley or highway;

    6. When the prospective customer is standing or sitting in another vehicle;

    7. When the prospective customer is located in that portion of the street, alley or highway which is open to vehicular traffic.

  • C. No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, any Mobile Food Vending Vehicle with sound-amplifying equipment in operation per Section 5.92.030 of this code.

  • D. No person shall back up a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle to make or attempt a sale.

  • E. No minor shall ride in or on a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle.

  • F. Such vehicles shall only operate Monday through Sunday as follows:

    1. October 1st through April 30th: nine a.m. to five p.m.
  1. May 1st through September 30th: nine a.m. to seven p.m.

(Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.120. Insurance Requirements.

  • A. It is unlawful for any person to own, lease, drive, operate or cause or permit to be driven or operated any Mobile Food Vending Vehicle in the City unless such person has submitted

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with his or her application for a permit the required insurance policies outlined in this section, which shall be issued by an insurance company currently authorized by the insurance commissioner to transact business of insurance in the state of California, with an assigned policyholders' rating of A- (or higher) and financial size category Class VII (or larger) in accordance with the latest edition of Best's Key Rating Guide, unless otherwise approved by the City's Risk Manager. Such policies shall conform in all respects to the requirements of this Chapter.

  • B. The required motor vehicle liability policy shall insure the owner, driver, and any other person using or responsible for the use of any Mobile Food Vending Vehicle with the consent, expressed or implied, of such owner, driver or person, against loss from the liability imposed upon such owner, driver or person by law for injury to, or death of, any person, or damage to property growing out of the maintenance, operation or ownership of any Mobile Food Vending Vehicle in an amount not less than one million dollars combined single limit for each accident, no aggregate. Automobile insurance shall be at least as broad as Insurance Service Office Form CA 00 01 covering bodily injury and property damage for all activities of the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle.

  • C. The permittee shall maintain commercial general liability insurance with coverage at least as broad as Insurance Services Office Form CG 00 01, in an amount not less than one million dollars per occurrence, two million dollars general aggregate, for bodily injury, personal injury, and property damage, including without limitation, blanket contractual liability. Defense costs shall be paid in addition to the limits. The policy shall contain no endorsements or provisions limiting coverage for: (1) contractual liability; (2) cross liability exclusion for claims or suits by one insured against another; or (3) contain any other exclusion contrary to the permit.

  • D. The permittee shall maintain workers' compensation insurance (statutory limits) and employer's liability insurance (with limits of at least one million dollars). The permittee shall submit to the City Manager, along with the certificate of insurance, a waiver of subrogation endorsement in favor of the City of Palm Springs, its officers, agents, employees and volunteers.

  • E. The permittee may opt to utilize umbrella or excess liability insurance in meeting insurance requirements. In such circumstances, the permittee shall obtain and maintain an umbrella or excess liability insurance policy with limits of not less than four million dollars that will provide bodily injury, personal injury and property damage liability coverage at least as broad as the primary coverages set forth above, including commercial general liability and employer's liability. Such policy or policies shall include the following terms and conditions:

    1. A drop down feature requiring the policy to respond if any primary insurance that would otherwise have applied proves to be uncollectible in whole or in part for any reason;

    2. Pay on behalf of wording as opposed to reimbursement;

    3. Concurrency of effective dates with primary policies;

    4. Policies shall "follow form" to the underlying primary policies; and

    5. Insureds under primary policies shall also be insureds under the umbrella or excess

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policies.

  • F. Cancellation, termination, or reduction in coverage of any insurance policy filed with the City pursuant to this Chapter shall be just cause for the City Manager to revoke the license.

  • G. As a condition of being granted a license pursuant to this Chapter, the permittee shall promise, on an application form provided by the City Manager, to indemnify and hold the City of Palm Springs free and harmless from any and all liability, claims, loss, damages, or expenses, including attorney's fees and court costs, arising by reason of the death or injury of any person, including the permittee or any person who is an employee or agent of the permittee, or by reason of property damage to or destruction of any property, including property owned by the permittee or any person who is an employee or agent of the permittee.

  • H. Every insurance policy and every certificate of motor vehicle liability insurance filed within the City pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall contain the following endorsements:

    1. It is hereby understood and agreed that, notwithstanding expressions consistent with or contrary thereto, each policy is expressly issued to cover a motor vehicle regulated by the provisions of Chapter 10 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code. Each policy shall inure to, and be for the benefit and protection of, anyone who shall sustain any damages or injury, or to the heirs, personal representatives, administrators, executors or assigns of any such person who may be so damaged or injured or suffer death, by reason of the operation of the motor vehicle or from the defective condition thereof. Liability under this policy shall in no manner be abrogated or abated by the death or dissolution of the insured;

    2. There is continuing liability up to the full amount of each policy, notwithstanding any action or recovery thereon;

  1. No cancellation or reduction in coverage of each policy for any reason whatsoever shall become effective until the expiration of thirty days after written notice of such cancellation or reduction in coverage shall have been given to the City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs. Said period of thirty days to commence running from the date said notice is actually received in the office of the City Clerk;

    1. All such policies shall provide, or be endorsed to provide, that the City of Palm Springs and its officers, officials, employees, and agents shall be additional insureds with regard to liability and defense of suits or claims arising out of the performance under this permit. This provision shall also apply to any excess liability policies;

    2. All insurance coverage maintained or procured pursuant to this permit shall be endorsed to waive subrogation against the City of Palm Springs, its elected or appointed officers, agents, officials, employees and volunteers or shall specifically allow the permittee or others providing insurance evidence in compliance with these specifications to waive their right of recovery prior to a loss. Permittee shall waive its own right of recovery against the City of Palm Springs;

    3. All insurance coverages shall be primary and any other insurance, deductible, or selfinsurance maintained by the indemnified parties shall not contribute with this primary insurance. Policies shall contain or be endorsed to contain such provisions.

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§ 6.15.140

  • I. The permittee shall give City Manager prompt and timely notice of claims made or suits instituted that arise out of or result from the permittee's performance under this permit, and that involve or may involve coverage under any of the required liability policies.

  • J. The permittee shall execute and maintain its work so as to avoid injury or damage to any person or property. In carrying out its services, permittee shall at all times be in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations, and shall exercise all necessary precautions for the safety of employees and the public appropriate to the nature of the work and the conditions under which the work is to be performed.

  • K. Requirements of specific coverage features or limits contained in this section are not intended as a limitation on coverage, limits or other requirements, or a waiver of any coverage normally provided by any insurance. Specific reference to a given coverage feature is for purposes of clarification only as it pertains to a given issue and is not intended by any party or insured to be all inclusive, or to the exclusion of other coverage, or a waiver of any type.

  • L. The permittee acknowledges and agrees that any actual or alleged failure on the part of the City Manager to inform the permittee of noncompliance with any requirement imposes no additional obligations on the City of Palm Springs nor does it waive any rights hereunder.

  • (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.130. Inspection of Mobile Food Vending Vehicles.

  • A. In addition to other equipment required by law, each Mobile Food Vending Vehicle shall be equipped with the following:

    1. A convex mirror mounted so that the occupant of the driver's seat can see the area in front of the truck which is obscured by the vehicle's hood; and

    2. A back-up alarm audible for a distance of at least one hundred feet.

  • B. In addition to such inspection of the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle as may be required by other agencies, the City's Fire Marshal shall perform an inspection of each Mobile Food Vending Vehicle before it is put into service within city limits, and annually thereafter, coincident with renewal of the Mobile Food Vendor's permit. The City's Fire Marshal shall issue a certificate of inspection to Mobile Food Vending Vehicles compliant with fire safety regulations.

  • (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.140. Required Signs and Lettering.

  • A. There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on both the front and back of the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle appropriate warning signs or lettering, e.g., for Mobile Food Vending Vehicles permitted by the county of Riverside as Category 3 mobile food facilities (ice cream trucks) "CAUTION CHILDREN." The lettering shall not be less than six inches in height and lettering shall be in contrast to the color of the background upon which they are placed.

  • B. There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on both the right and left side of the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle lettering permanently affixed showing the nature of the company or operator of the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle and the business address and telephone

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number of the owner or operator. The lettering shall not be less than four inches in height, and shall be in contrast to the color of the background upon which they are placed.

  • C. No other lettering, numbering, price lists, signs or insignia shall be displayed on the right and left side of the Mobile Food Vending Vehicle so as to interfere with the visibility of the lettering required in subsection B of this Section.

  • (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.150. Applicability of Regulations to Existing Businesses.

The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable to all persons and businesses described in this Chapter whether the activities described in this Chapter were established before or after the effective date of the ordinance enacting this Chapter into law. All such persons and businesses shall have thirty days from said effective date to file a completed application for vendors' permits with the City Manager.

(Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.160. Nuisance; Violation and Penalty.

  • A. Any Mobile Food Vending Vehicle operated contrary to the provisions of this Chapter is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance and the City Attorney may, in addition to or in lieu of prosecuting a criminal action hereunder, commence an action or actions, proceeding or proceedings, for the abatement, removal or enjoinment thereof, in the manner provided by law, and may take such other steps and may apply to such court or courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such establishment and restrain and enjoin any person from operating a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle contrary to the provisions of this Chapter.

  • B. Every person, whether acting as an individual owner, employee of the owner, operator, or employee of the operator, or whether acting as an agent or independent contractor for the owner, employee, or operator, or acting as a participant or worker in any way directly or indirectly sells or distributes food or beverage from a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle as defined in this Chapter without first obtaining a Mobile Food Vending Vehicle permit from the City Manager, or that otherwise violates any provision of this Chapter, shall be punishable as specified in Sections 1.01.140 and 1.01.150 of this Code.

  • (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

§ 6.15.170. Exceptions.

The provisions of Section 6.15.110 shall not apply to:

  • A. Mobile Food Vending Vehicles servicing construction sites.

  • B. The delivery or sale of pre-ordered goods or services to a private residence or business with the prior consent of the owner, occupant, lessee, or the designee of such persons, including without limitation employees.

  • C. Food vending on school property with the consent of school authorities.

  • D. Food vending on private property with the consent of the owner, lessee, or legal occupant of the property and with a valid land use permit, if applicable.

  • (Ord. 1877 § 2, 2015)

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  32. Chapter 3.22 — SALES AND USE TAX
  33. Article II — Transactions and Use Tax (Measure D)
  34. Chapter 3.24 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
  35. Chapter 3.29
  36. Chapter 3.30
  37. Chapter 3.32 — UTILITY USER TAX
  38. Chapter 3.34 — PARKING TAX
  39. Chapter 3.36
  40. Chapter 3.37 — PUBLIC ARTS FEE, FUND AND PROGRAM
  41. Chapter 3.38 — JOB CREATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM
  42. Chapter 3.40 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  43. Chapter 3.48 — REQUIREMENTS—EXEMPTIONS
  44. Chapter 3.52 — ISSUANCE OF LICENSES
  45. Chapter 3.56 — PAYMENT—COLLECTION
  46. Chapter 3.60 — ASSESSMENTS IN CERTAIN CASES
  47. Chapter 3.64 — ENFORCEMENT
  48. Chapter 3.72 — RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL
  49. Chapter 3.76 — VIOLATIONS
  50. Chapter 3.80 — BUSINESS LICENSE TAX RATES—GENERALLY
  51. Chapter 3.84 — FIXED LICENSE RATES
  52. Chapter 3.88 — GRADUATED SCALE TAX RATES
  53. Chapter 3.90 — GRADUATED SCALE WITH MINIMUM TAX
  54. Chapter 3.94
  55. Chapter 3.96 — LICENSE TAXES COMPUTED ON GROSS RECEIPTS BASIS
  56. Title 4
  57. Chapter 4.04 — RENT REVIEW COMMISSION
  58. Chapter 4.10 — RENT STABILIZATION
  59. Title 5
  60. Chapter 5.02 — SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS
  61. Chapter 5.03
  62. Chapter 5.04 — AUCTION SALES
  63. Chapter 5.08 — CABARETS
  64. Chapter 5.20 — HANDBILLS
  65. Chapter 5.22 — HOME OCCUPATIONS
  66. Chapter 5.24 — HOTEL REGISTRATION
  67. Chapter 5.25 — VACATION RENTALS
  68. Chapter 5.26 — HOTEL OPERATIONS INCENTIVE PROGRAM
  69. Chapter 5.27 — HOTEL OPERATIONS INCENTIVE PROGRAM
  70. Chapter 5.28 — ICE VENDING MACHINES
  71. Chapter 5.36 — NOVELTY SALES AT SPECIAL EVENTS
  72. Chapter 5.38 — MANAGED PARKING
  73. Chapter 5.40 — PASSENGER CARRIERS
  74. Article I — General Provisions
  75. Article II — Pedicab Owners
  76. Article III — Pedicab Drivers
  77. Article IV — Pedicab Vehicles
  78. Article V
  79. Article VI
  80. Article VII — Enforcement
  81. Article VIII
  82. Chapter 5.42 — ESCORTS AND ESCORT BUREAUS
  83. Chapter 5.44
  84. Chapter 5.48
  85. Chapter 5.52 — PRIVATE PATROLS
  86. Chapter 5.55
  87. Chapter 5.56 — PSYCHIC ACTIVITIES
  88. Chapter 5.58 — GARAGE, PATIO AND YARD SALES
  89. Chapter 5.60 — BUSINESS CLOSING SALES
  90. Chapter 5.64 — SEARCHLIGHT OPERATIONS
  91. Chapter 5.68 — SOUND TRUCKS
  92. Chapter 5.72 — MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESSES REGULATED
  93. Chapter 5.75 — EVENT HOUSES
  94. Chapter 5.76
  95. Chapter 5.77
  96. Chapter 5.78 — LANDSCAPE RELATED BUSINESSES
  97. Chapter 5.79 — STATE VIDEO FRANCHISE HOLDERS
  98. Chapter 5.81
  99. Chapter 5.83
  100. Chapter 5.85
  101. Chapter 5.87
  102. Chapter 5.89 — SIDEWALK VENDING
  103. Chapter 5.91
  104. Chapter 5.92 — CO-OWNED MANAGED HOUSING
  105. Title 6
  106. Chapter 6.04 — WASTE DISPOSAL AND DIVERSION
  107. Chapter 6.05
  108. Chapter 6.06 — RESTAURANT INSPECTION AND GRADING
  109. Chapter 6.07 — REGULATION OF FOOD HANDLERS
  110. Chapter 6.08 — NUISANCES
  111. Chapter 6.09
  112. Chapter 6.10
  113. Chapter 6.11 — TOBACCO RETAILER PERMITS
  114. Chapter 6.12
  115. Chapter 6.14 — PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS
  116. Chapter 6.15 — MOBILE FOOD VENDING VEHICLES
  117. Title 7
  118. Chapter 7.07 — CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
  119. Chapter 7.01 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  120. Chapter 7.03 — PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS
  121. Chapter 7.04 — PROCUREMENT EXEMPTIONS
  122. Chapter 7.05 — CONTRACTS
  123. Chapter 7.06 — CONTRACT CHANGES
  124. Chapter 7.07 — CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
  125. Chapter 7.08 — DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY
  126. Title 8
  127. Article I — Building Codes
  128. Article II — Building Security Regulations
  129. Article III
  130. Article IV — Palm Springs Building Administrative Code
  131. Article V — Undergrounding of Utilities
  132. Article VI — Fire Code
  133. Article VIII — Displacement Payments to Tenants
  134. Article IX
  135. Article I — General Provisions
  136. Article II
  137. Article III
  138. Article IV
  139. Article V — Historic Preservation on Tribal Lands
  140. Chapter 8.30 — MUNICIPAL SOLAR UTILITY
  141. Chapter 8.32 — MSU LEASEHOLD MARKETING
  142. Chapter 8.40
  143. Chapter 8.50 — FUGITIVE DUST CONTROL
  144. Chapter 8.60 — WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING
  145. Chapter 8.68 — FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
  146. Chapter 8.70 — STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONTROLS
  147. Chapter 8.80 — VACANT BUILDINGS AND BOARDING REGULATIONS
  148. Chapter 8.90 — TRANSPORTATION UNIFORM MITIGATION FEE
  149. Chapter 8.95 — MSHCP MITIGATION FEE
  150. Chapter 8.100
  151. Chapter 8.105 — ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION STREAMLINED …
  152. Title 9
  153. Chapter 9.60 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  154. Chapter 9.65 — IMPROVEMENT SECURITY
  155. Chapter 9.66 — REVERSIONS
  156. Chapter 9.67 — ENFORCEMENT—JUDICIAL REVIEW
  157. Chapter 9.68 — VESTING TENTATIVE MAPS
  158. Chapter 9.69 — CANYON AREA IMPACT FEES
  159. Title 10
  160. Chapter 10.04 — DEFINITIONS
  161. Chapter 10.18 — DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
  162. Chapter 10.12 — ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
  163. Chapter 10.18 — DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
  164. Chapter 10.22 — UNATTENDED ANIMALS IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES
  165. Title 11
  166. Chapter 11.08 — DISORDERLY CONDUCT
  167. Chapter 11.76 — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
  168. Chapter 11.03 — PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM COVERAGE
  169. Chapter 11.04 — UNSAFE CONDUCT
  170. Chapter 11.06
  171. Chapter 11.08 — DISORDERLY CONDUCT
  172. Chapter 11.10 — PUBLIC NUDITY
  173. Chapter 11.13 — BINGO PERMITS
  174. Chapter 11.20 — EXPLOSIVES
  175. Chapter 11.28 — CIVIL DISPUTES
  176. Chapter 11.30 — MUNICIPAL BUS SYSTEM
  177. Chapter 11.32 — MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE
  178. Chapter 11.36 — WILDLIFE PROTECTION
  179. Chapter 11.40 — ENCAMPMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
  180. Chapter 11.44 — PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS
  181. Chapter 11.48 — SCHOOL GROUNDS
  182. Chapter 11.56 — CURFEW AND TRUANCY
  183. Chapter 11.60 — OCCUPANCY OF HOTEL ROOMS BY MINORS
  184. Chapter 11.64 — TRESPASS
  185. Chapter 11.70 — GRAFFITI
  186. Chapter 11.72 — PUBLIC NUISANCES
  187. Chapter 11.74 — NOISE ORDINANCE
  188. Chapter 11.76 — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
  189. Chapter 11.80 — ABANDONED VEHICLES
  190. Chapter 11.82 — POLICE TOW SERVICES STANDARDS
  191. Chapter 11.84 — FALSE STATEMENTS
  192. Chapter 11.88 — TAPPING TELEVISION CABLES
  193. Chapter 11.90
  194. Chapter 11.96
  195. Chapter 11.100 — ABANDONMENT OF SHOPPING CARTS
  196. Chapter 11.102
  197. Title 12
  198. Chapter 12.08 — ADMINISTRATION
  199. Chapter 12.24 — TURNING MOVEMENTS
  200. Chapter 12.12 — ENFORCEMENT—OBEDIENCE
  201. Chapter 12.16 — TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
  202. Chapter 12.20 — SPECIAL SPEED ZONES
  203. Chapter 12.24 — TURNING MOVEMENTS
  204. Chapter 12.28 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
  205. Chapter 12.40 — MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LOT NO. 3
  206. Chapter 12.44 — STOP INTERSECTIONS
  207. Chapter 12.48 — YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS
  208. Chapter 12.52 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
  209. Chapter 12.56 — RESTRICTED USE OF CERTAIN STREETS
  210. Chapter 12.60 — LOADING ZONES
  211. Chapter 12.64 — DRIVING RULES
  212. Chapter 12.68 — PEDESTRIANS
  213. Chapter 12.80 — TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURE NECESSITATED BY ASSEM…
  214. Chapter 12.84 — GOLF CARTS
  215. Chapter 12.90
  216. Title 14
  217. Chapter 14.04 — STREET NUMBERS
  218. Chapter 14.08 — STREET NAME CHANGES
  219. Chapter 14.12 — STREET NAMES FOR TRAILER PARKS
  220. Chapter 14.16 — ENCROACHMENTS
  221. Chapter 14.20 — MOVING BUILDINGS
  222. Chapter 14.24 — WATER AND RUBBISH IN STREETS
  223. Chapter 14.26
  224. Chapter 14.28 — WIRELESS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
  225. Title 15
  226. Chapter 15.08 — DEFINITIONS
  227. Chapter 15.14 — REQUIRED USE OF SEWERS
  228. Chapter 15.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
  229. Chapter 15.12 — ENFORCEMENT
  230. Chapter 15.14 — REQUIRED USE OF SEWERS
  231. Chapter 15.28 — SEWER USE REGULATIONS
  232. Chapter 15.32 — REGULATION OF WATER WELLS
  233. Title 16
  234. Chapter 16.02
  235. Chapter 16.04 — GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
  236. Chapter 16.06
  237. Chapter 16.08 — FIXED BASE OPERATOR
  238. Chapter 16.10
  239. Chapter 16.12
  240. Chapter 16.14
  241. Chapter 16.16
  242. Chapter 16.18
  243. Chapter 16.20 — AIRCRAFT STORAGE OPERATOR (SASO)
  244. Chapter 16.22
  245. Chapter 16.24
  246. Chapter 16.26
  247. Chapter 16.28
  248. Chapter 16.30 — PRIVATE FLYING CLUB
  249. Chapter 16.32
  250. Chapter 16.34
  251. Chapter 16.36
  252. Chapter 16.37
  253. Chapter 16.38
  254. Chapter 16.39
  255. Chapter 16.40
  256. Title CR
  257. Chapter 91.00
  258. Chapter 92.00
  259. Chapter 93.00
  260. Chapter 94.00

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