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Amending Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Seven, Subsection 746.02, adding 746.02(j), a spacing requirement to the regulation of Mobile Food Vendors; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The proliferation of mobile food vendors in recent years has necessitated the adoption of a specific provision to the Municipal Code to ensure fair, safe and orderly operation of mobile food vendors, and to balance the interests of mobile food vendors and brick and mortar restaurants with the goal of encouraging economic growth within the City.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Part Seven Subsection 746.02; Business Regulation which reads as follows:
746.02 General Operational Standards for Mobile Food Vendors.
(a) Mobile Food Vendors must submit an application on a form to be provided by the Mayor or his or her designee to the Department of Finance, Division of Taxation to operate any Mobile Food Vending Unit.
(1) Applications for registration of a Mobile Food Vending Unit shall contain the following:
i. A certificate of tax and public utility compliance on file with the City of Toledo Division of Taxation, and Division of Utilities Administration;
ii. A retail food establishment operation license issued under Chapter 3717 of the Ohio Revised Code.
iii. Proof of a current State of Ohio Vendor license pursuant to R.C. 5739.01 et seq.;
iv. Proof of general liability insurance in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for motorized trucks or trailers intended for Mobile Food Vending or Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for Pushcarts.
(2) The owner of a Mobile Food Vending Unit must obtain a certificate of registration for each unit owned and operated. A certificate of registration will be issued for display in each Mobile Food Vending Unit. Registrations issued under this section shall be valid for one (1) year from the date...
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