South El Monte Municipal Code § 7.62 County Business Licensing Ordinance Adopted

Every individual, whether acting as an employee or otherwise, engaged in the business of peddling, selling or delivering liquids or edibles for human consumption from motorized vehicles, either retail or wholesale, except dairy products and except persons selling or delivering, or both, to retail or wholesale establishments for resale agricultural products raised by them, shall first procure a license and pay an annual fee in the amount set forth in Section 7.14.010 of this title.

Every hawker, itinerant peddler, itinerant vendor or other individual, whether as an employee or otherwise, engaged in the business of peddling or selling goods, wares or merchandise from motorized vehicles, except dairy products, and not otherwise provided for in this chapter, shall first procure a license and pay a license fee in the amount set forth in Section 7.14.010 of this title.

Section 7.62.040 does not apply to:

A. Merchants having a fixed place of business in the city;

B. Employees of such merchants;

C. Farmers selling farm products produced by them.

A. No person engaged in the business of peddling, selling or the delivering of food, novelties or other products or services at retail or wholesale, from a motorized vehicle shall remain, and shall not permit their vehicle to remain, parked or stationary in any location on a public right-of-way for a time in excess of the posted parking time limit, if any, applicable to that portion of the public right-of-way.

B. No person shall conduct such a business on a street, sidewalk or other public property within 500 feet of the property line of any school between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or within 500 feet of the property line of any church between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.

A. In addition to the grounds stated in any other section of this title, the Commission, after a hearing as provided in Chapter 7.10, may suspend or revoke a peddler license if it finds that the licensee has violated, or has permitted an employee, representative or agent to violate, any provision of this chapter, any provision of Chapter 7.78 of this title, or any provision of Chapter 5.08 (Vending on Streets) of the South El Monte Municipal Code on two separate occasions within a 12 month period.

B. Whenever a license has been revoked under the terms of this section, the former licensee, whether a person, partnership, corporation, or firm, shall not be granted a new license for a period of one year from the date of revocation.

(Prior code §7-2-11; Ord. 847 §3, 1989; Ord. 980 §11, 1996; Ord. 1050 §1, 2003)