§ 13-236. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

Approved source. Any facility where food is prepared, handled or stored which complies with all laws relating to food and food labeling.

Commissary. A base of operation or any other place in which food containers or supplies are kept, handled, prepared, packaged or stored and permitted or licensed according to law by an authorized public health regulatory agency from which a mobile vendor shall report at least daily for all food supplies, cleaning and servicing operations.

Food. Any raw, cooked, or processed edible substance, ice, beverage or ingredient used or intended for use or for sale, in whole or in part, for human consumption.

Food establishment. Any place where food is prepared and intended for individual portion service, and includes the site at which individual portions are provided. The term includes any such place regardless of whether consumption is on or off the premises and regardless of whether there is a charge for the food. The term does not include private homes where food is prepared or served for individual family consumption.

Mobile vendor, merchant or peddler. Any person not having a fixed place of business in a permanent building in the city which is either owned by such vendor, or under lease to such vendor for a period of not less than one hundred eighty (180) days, or any vendor who conducts a business from any pushcart, truck, trailer, manufactured housing, van or other type of structure or vehicle capable of being transported on the streets or highways of the city.

Packaged. Bottled, canned, cartoned, or securely wrapped and labeled.

Person. Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, corporation, firm, club, trustee, receiver, and body politic and corporate.

Potentially hazardous food. Any food that consists of, in whole or in part, milk or milk products, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, edible crustacea, or other ingredients, including synthetic ingredients, in a form capable of supporting rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms.

Pushcart. A nonmotorized vehicle propelled by a human or other nonmotorized force.

Regulatory authority. Any municipal officer or department of the city appointed by the city manager to administer this article.

Sanitary facilities. Toilet or restroom facilities which discharge the sewage effluent and wastewater into an approved holding tank, on-site sewage disposal system, or municipal sanitary system.

Solicitor. Any person who requests any orders for goods or services for profit or any person who makes requests for money, goods or services on behalf of any religious, veterans', charitable or fraternal organization.

Special event. A temporary event or activity, as defined in chapter 7.5 of the city's Code of Ordinances.

Stationary food unit. A self-contained cart, or trailer mounted on wheels designed to be readily movable. The unit remains in a fixed position during food preparation and its hours of operation at the same location throughout the year.

(Ord. No. 9120-2010, § 2, 11-2-10; Ord. No. 9724-2014, § 1, 6-17-14; Ord. No. 10386-2017, § 1, 11-7-17)