Piedmont Municipal Code Div. 13.01 Definitions

In this chapter:

Business tax certificate means the business license and tax receipt issued by the city pursuant to chapter 10 of the city code, which is required to conduct business in the city.

Cart means any pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non- motorized conveyance, and includes a stationary cart or a roaming cart.

California Retail Food Code means Part 7 of Division 104 of the California Health and Safety Code (commencing at Section 113700).

County Health Permit means any and all licenses, permits, certifications, and courses required and issued by the Department of Environmental Health of the County of Alameda to vend food within the city in accordance with this chapter.

Department means the city’s police department.

Food means any type of edible substance or beverage.

Goods or merchandise means any item that is not food.

Health department means the Department of Environmental Health of the County of Alameda.

Person or persons means one or more natural persons, individuals, groups, businesses, business trusts, companies, corporations, joint ventures, joint stock companies, partnership, entities, associations, clubs or organizations composed of two or more individuals (or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them), whether engaged in business, nonprofit or any other activity.

Police Chief means the city’s chief of police.

Sidewalk Vendors & Solicitors Roaming vending cart means a pushcart, pedal-driven cart, wagon, or other non-motorized conveyance used by a roaming sidewalk vendor, to be moved from place to place, and with stops only to complete a transaction.

Roaming sidewalk vendor has the same meaning as set forth in Government Code section 51036(b), and includes a sidewalk vendor who moves from place to place and stops only to complete a transaction.

Rules and regulations means the rules and regulations established by the Police Chief and adopted by city council resolution, concerning the sidewalk vending program that are intended to clarify and aid in the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

Sidewalk means any paved surface in the public right-of-way provided for the use of pedestrians and includes pedestrian paths.

Sidewalk vending means the sale of food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal- driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance, or from one’s person, upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path.

Sidewalk vending program means the program established by this chapter that is applicable to sidewalk vending-related activities.

Sidewalk vendor has the same meaning as set forth in Government Code section 51036(a), and includes a person who sells food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance, or from one’s person, upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path.

Solicit means to enter onto private property, without invitation of the occupant thereof, to (1) request the occupant’s attention for an uninvited message (2) to request a donation for a specified purpose or cause, or (3) offer for sale goods, services, or both, and includes the undertaking the above actions regardless of whether for profit or for charitable, educational, political, philosophical, religious, or other ideological purposes.

Solicitation permit means a permit issued by the police department to conduct solicitation in accordance with this chapter.

Solicitor means one who solicits. A solicitor does not include a sidewalk vendor.

Sponsor means the sponsoring person which employs, authorizes or sponsors a solicitor(s), whether as employees, agents or independent contractors.

State seller’s permit means a permit issued by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

Sidewalk Vendors & Solicitors Stationary vending cart means a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, rack, or other non-motorized conveyance, that is intended to be operated from a fixed location by a stationary sidewalk vendor.

Stationary sidewalk vendor has the same meaning as set forth in Government Code section 51036(c), and includes a sidewalk vendor who vends from a fixed location.

Vending permit means a permit issued by the police department to undertake sidewalk vending within the city in accordance with this chapter.

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