Sacramento Municipal Code Art. III Food Vending Vehicle Driver Permits

A. No person shall drive a food vending vehicle unless the person holds a valid food vending vehicle driver permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

B. Every driver of a food vending vehicle shall have the valid driver permit issued to him or her in his or her immediate possession at all times when driving a food vending vehicle.

C. Upon demand of a peace officer, or city employee authorized to enforce this chapter, the driver of a food vending vehicle shall present his or her driver permit for examination.

D. All driver permits are the property of the city and each shall authorize a single specific food vending vehicle driver. No person shall sell or transfer, or attempt to sell or transfer, any driver permit. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 1)

A. Applications for a food vending vehicle driver permit shall be filed with the director and shall contain the following:

1. The name and address of the applicant;

2. The number of a valid state driver license issued to the applicant, authorizing the applicant to drive a food vending vehicle, and date of license expiration;

3. A statement of whether the applicant's state driver license has ever been revoked or suspended and, if so, the reason(s) for such revocation or suspension;

4. A list, signed under penalty of perjury, of each conviction of the applicant, whether such conviction was by verdict, plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere. The list shall, for each such conviction, set forth the date of arrest, the offense charged, and the offense of which applicant was convicted;

5. A list of the applicant's physical or mental conditions, or any medications being taken, that would interfere with the proper management and control of a motor vehicle;

6. Such other information as may be required by the director to further the purpose of this chapter.

B. Every application for a driver permit shall be accompanied by a nonproratable, nonrefundable application fee in an amount established by resolution of the city council.

C. No person shall knowingly make a false statement of fact or knowingly omit any information that is required in an application for a driver permit. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 1)

A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a food vending vehicle driver permit shall be issued by the director:

1. Upon receipt of a complete application and payment of the permit fee, as specified in Section 5.68.090;

2. After fingerprinting of the applicant by the police department, if the director so requires; and

3. After submission of four recent dated portrait photographs, one to be attached to the application, one to be attached to the driver permit if issued, and two for the use of the police department.

B. A driver permit shall be denied by the director on any of the following grounds:

1. The applicant failed to comply with the requirements of this section;

2. The information submitted pursuant to Section 5.68.090 is materially false or incomplete;

3. The applicant has any unpaid administrative penalties imposed pursuant to Chapter 1.28 for the violation of provisions of this chapter;

4. Within twelve (12) months of the date of application, the applicant has had his or her driver permit revoked; or

5. The applicant has been convicted of a crime, and the time for appeal has elapsed, irrespective of the entry of a subsequent order under California Penal Code Section 1203.4; or has committed any act involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or moral turpitude with intent to substantially benefit himself or herself, or another, or substantially injure another, or has a physical or mental disability or incapacity, or takes medication, uses alcohol or any controlled substance as defined in the California Health and Safety Code.

Provided, however, that the permit shall be denied upon any of the grounds specified in this subsection (B)(5) only if the director finds the crime, act, disability, incapacity or impairment from a substance consumed is substantially related to the qualifications, functions or duties of a food vending vehicle driver. However, no person shall be denied a permit solely on the basis that he or she has been convicted of a felony if he or she has obtained a certificate of rehabilitation under California Penal Code Section 4852.01, et seq., or that he or she has been convicted of a misdemeanor if he or she has met all applicable requirements of the criteria of rehabilitation developed to evaluate the rehabilitation of a person when considering a petition under California Penal Code Section 4852.01, et seq. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 1)

A. All food vending vehicle driver permits shall expire on April 30th of the calendar year following the date of issuance, unless sooner revoked.

B. A permittee may file an application for renewal of a valid driver permit with the director between March 1st and March 31st for the permit period beginning the following May 1st. Upon the applicant's request and a showing of a delay caused by circumstances beyond the applicant's control, the director may grant an extension of the March 31st deadline, up to ninety (90) days. If a permittee files an application for renewal after March 31st but before May 1st, without an extension, the city may impose a late penalty in an amount established by resolution of the city council and the permit renewal may not be issued prior to the expiration of the current permit. Any renewal application filed after the permit has expired shall be denied, unless an extension has been granted.

C. Renewal applications shall contain information as may be required by the director to further the purpose of this chapter and shall be accompanied by a nonproratable and nonrefundable renewal application fee in an amount established by resolution of the city council.

D. Driver permit renewals may be issued or denied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.68.100.

E. No person shall knowingly make a false statement of fact or knowingly omit any information that is required in an application for the renewal of a valid driver permit. (Ord. 2015-0016 § 1)