Mobile Food Concession Business Regulation Bylaw 2081, 2009 — full text

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CITY OF MERRITT BYLAW NO. 2081, 2009 A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF MOBILE FOOD CONCESSION BUSINESSES LOCATED ON PUBLIC LAND WHEREAS the Community Charter grants authority to a local government to regulate the operation of mobile food concession businesses located on public land; NOW THEREFORE the Council for the City of Merritt in open meeting assembled enacts as follows: 1. This bylaw shall be cited as "City of Merritt Mobile Food Concession Business Regulation Bylaw No. 2081, 2009" 2. That City of Merritt Mobile Food Concession Business Regulation Bylaw No. 1414, 1993 is hereby repealed. 3. That a "Mobile Food Concession Business" be defined as any business holding a valid and subsisting licence as required by City of Merritt Business License Bylaw which is mobile and serves or offers for sale any food. 4. That the following regulations APPLY to mobile food concession businesses: a) No operator/corporation shall serve or offer for sale any food from a mobile food concession business from a sidewalk for more than a three (3) hour period in any one (1) location. The location must be in a Commercial (C) Zone as defined in the City of Merritt Zoning Bylaw. The location shall not impede pedestrians or vehicular traffic. b) The operator/corporation shall be required to maintain comprehensive liability insurance in the amount of two million ($2,000,000) dollars. The City of Merritt shall be included as an additional named insured. The operator/corporation shall hold the City of Merritt harmless against any claims, actions for injury, damage loss or death arising out of the operation of a mobile food concession business. c) Proof of insurance and a signed liability waiver form shall be submitted to the City of Merritt and be in a form acceptable to the City of Merritt prior to issuance of a business license. d) No service or sale from a mobile food concession business shall take place between the hours of nine (9:00 o'clock) p.m. and nine (9:00 o'clock) a.m. of any day of the year. e) Service or sales from a mobile food concession business in City of Merritt parks shall only occur upon the operator/corporation first applying and obtaining the authorization of the City of Merritt Leisure Services Manager. f) Mobile food concession businesses which are continuously mobile (i.e. ice-cream carts) shall only operate in a residential (R) Zone as defined in the City of Merritt Zoning Bylaw and in City of Merritt parks with the appropriate authorization. READ A FIRST TIME THIS 24th day of February, 2009 READ A SCOND TIME THIS 24th day of February, 2009 READ A THIRD TIME THIS 24th day of February, 2009 ADOPTED THIS 10th day of March, 2009 Original singed by Original signed by Susan Roline, Ruth Tolerton, MAYOR CORPORATE SERVICES MANAGER