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An Ordinance creating Sections 15-11.1 through 15-11.4 of the Code of Ordinances, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, pertaining to the regulation of mobile food unit vendors and providing for a definition; application of laws and regulations and itinerant merchants requirements with exceptions; a $50.00 fee for each additional unit; a general zoning compliance permit; indemnification; park property restrictions; and other regulations. [Council Office, Maynard]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 15-11 of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is created and enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 15-11.1
Mobile Food Unit Vendor. An Itinerant Merchant who conducts business from a food establishment which is on wheels or is otherwise mobile.
Sec. 15-11.2
A Mobile Food Unit Vendor shall be subject to all applicable ordinances and regulations unless expressly provided otherwise herein. These include, but are not necessarily limited to, those matters pertaining to zoning, public safety, pedestrian and state traffic laws, restricted sales or vending areas, parking and licensing.
Sec. 15-11.3
A Mobile Food Unit Vendor shall be subject to the licensing and regulatory requirements pertaining to an Itinerant Merchant except as follows:
(a) The licensing of the Vendor shall be on a per unit basis, with each different Mobile Food Unit Vendor requiring a separate license. A separate license is not required for each location.
(1) Unless otherwise exempted, all applications for permits/licenses shall be accompanied with the required fee(s) as specified in the schedule of fees established by ordinance or the Director of the Division of Revenue.
(2) Any person operating more than one mobile food unit shall pay an additional fifty dollar ($50) annual fee for each additional unit. This fee will not be prorated.
(b) As an alternative to the requirements imposed by subsections 15-8(1) and (3) o...
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