HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1032 - 2025/03/10ORDINANCE NO. 1032
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XI BUSINESS REGULATIONS,
CHAPTER 120 MOBILE FOOD VEHICLES AND VENDORS
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title XI
Business Regulations, Chapter 120 Mobile Food Vehicles and Vendors, Section 120.001
Definitions, of the Mounds View City Code by removing the StFiGkee material as follows:
§ 120.001 DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context
clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ISSWNG At IT#ORITY The Gity-Administrater or its awther;aedde6:g.;e4_--
—LIC€NSING T€RM�isenses may be issued fer termsf GRe day, 30 days or GTe year-
MOBILE FOOD VEHICLE. Any vehicle or trailer used for the purpose of selling food or
beverage prepared for consumption inside the vehicle and while the vehicle is parked.
MOBILE FOOD VENDOR. Any vehicle or trailer used for the purpose of selling
prepackaged food or beverages while parked or while going from street -to -street
including, but not limited to, ice cream trucks/vendors.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title XI
Business Regulations, Chapter 120 Mobile Food Vehicles and Vendors, Sections
120.002 through 120.008, of the Mounds View City Code regarding licensing
requirements, by deleting the 6tFmGken material as follows:
§ 120.002 LICENSE REQUIRED.
Gity er eperate as a mobile fGed vender On the Gity without a lirVe.p-se frc)rn the Gity issued
under thiS Ghapter. Any per6en eperatiRg pursuant to a duly i66LIed IiGen6e required
this Ghapter does not Reed a separate Gity liGense Linder Ch. 1! 3 Gf the Gity Gode-.
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§ 120.003 LICENSE REQ IIDCIMCAITC
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--(G) &Pergef}s:),c if, i the-disGretiGR of issuing awherit=y, imminent harm tG the
health c)r safety of the publiG may GGGUF if any operation6 IiGensed under this Ghapter are
RGtiGe of the Fight to hold a subsequent he 6ion (B) ef this 6eGtiGR.
Immediate 66i6peR60OR shall result unle6s-a.n.�_ 1-Inimill thAe Gity GGURG61 h9ld6 a hearing and
makes a 66ibseqUeRt determiRation pur6uaRt tG the PFGGe6s outlined OR said division (B).
(Ord 980 passer! no 13 2021
R 120 AAQ TRANSFERABILITY-.
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SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title XI
Business Regulations, Chapter 120 Mobile Food Vehicles and Vendors, of Mounds View
City Code by inserting the underlined language as follows:
§ 120.002 PARKING AND LOCATION.
(A) Site plan. Any person operating a mobile food vehicle in the City shall
provide to the City a site plan showing the location of the parked truck or trailer on
the property and its distance from all permanent structures and property lines
(moving mobile food vendors are exempt from this requirement).
(B) Location duration. Mobile food vehicle shall operate no more than 21 days
annually at any one place without the approval of the regulatory authority as
defined in Minnesota Statutes.
(C) Authorization to use property. Any person operating a mobile food vehicle
shall submit a signed agreement from the property owner or its authorized agent.
SECTION 4. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title XI
Business Regulations, Chapter 120 Mobile Food Vehicles and Vendors, Section 120 of
the Mounds View City Code by inserting the underlined language as follows:
§ 120.003 COUNTY OR STATE LICENSING.
Any person operating a mobile food vehicle shall adhere to any county or state
licensing requirements or any city requirements related to organized events. Proof
of county or state licensing shall be provided to the City prior to operation.
SECTION 5. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title XI
Business Regulations, Chapter 120 Mobile Food Vehicles and Vendors, of the Mounds
View City Code by inserting the underlined language and removing the str+Gken language
as follows:
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§ 120.009 120.004 RESTRICTIONS.
No person,'i^e^sed herei inner to eperatg e as_a_mobile food vehicle operator or mobile
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food vendor shall conduct business in any of the following manners and in the following
areas:
(A) Calling attention to his or her business or the items to be sold by means of blowing
any horn or whistle, ringing any bell, crying out, or by any other noise, so as to be
unreasonably audible.
(B) Obstructing the free flow of traffic, either vehicular or pedestrian, on any street,
sidewalk, alleyway, or other public right-of-way.
(C) Conducting business in away as to create a threat to the health, safety and welfare
of any specific individual or the general public.
(D) Conducting business before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m., unless expressly
authorized in the license issued hereunder.
(E) Failing to provide proof of license and identification when requested.
(F) Using the license of another person.
(G) Alleging false or misleading statements about the products being sold, including
untrue statements of endorsement. No mobile food vehicle or mobile food vendor shall
claim to have the endorsement of the city solely based on the city having issued a license
to that person.
(H) Remaining on the property of another when requested to leave or returning to that
property after leaving, without written permission of the property owner.
(1) ^+hie e-Operating their business in any manner that a reasonable person may
find obscene, threatening, intimidating or abusive.
(J) Conducting business in a city park or parking lot unless expressly authorized in the
here R der by the City in writing.
(K) Operate business less than 2,000 feet away when there is a permit issued for
another food or similar permitted event, festival, celebration, or tournament at the same
location unless expressly authorized in the license issued hereunder.
(L) Failing to maintain their vehicle or trailer in good repair, order, and neat
appearance.
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(M) Failing to clean up around their vehicle or trailer at the end of each business day.
(N) Dispensing liquid and or other waste products from their vehicle or trailer onto city,
public, and private property.
(0) Conducting business less than 2,000 feet away from any food service business
unless expressly authorized by the city.
SECTION 6. In accordance with Section 3.07 of the City Charter, City staff shall have the
following summary printed in the official City newspaper in lieu of the complete ordinance:
On March 10, 2025, the City Council adopted Ordinance 1032 amending the Mounds
View City Code, Chapter 120, relating the licensing of Mobile Food Vehicles and
Mobile Food Vendors.
A printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection during regular business
hours at Mounds View City Hall and is available on line at the City's web site located
at www.moundsviewmn.org.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after its
passage and publication, in accordance with Section 3.09 of the City Charter.
Introduction and First Reading by the Mounds View City Council on February 24, 2025.
Second Reading and Adoption by the Mounds View City Coun it on March 10, 2025.
Publication Date: March 13, 2025.
Zach Lindstrom
Attest:
Al
Nyl Zik nd, City Administrator
(SEAL)
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
1 | P a g e
I, __________________, being duly sworn on oath,
says: that she is, and during all times herein state has
been, Inside Sales Representative of Northwest
Publication, LLC., Publisher of the newspaper known
as the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, a newspaper of
General circulation within the City of St. Paul and the
surrounding Counties of Minnesota and Wisconsin
including Ramsey and Kanabec.
That the notice hereto attached was cut from the
columns of said newspaper and was printed and
published therein on the following date(s):
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Newspaper Ref./AD Number#: _71528224
Client/Advertiser: _City of Mounds View
AFFIANT SIGNATURE
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
13th day of March, 2025
True Lee
NOTARY PUBLIC
Ramsey County, State of Minnesota
My commission expires January 31, 2030
LuLetta Schmitz (Mar 13, 2025 16:33 CDT)
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True Lee (Mar 13, 2025 16:39 CDT)