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A. Mobile vending operations on private property are subject to the following restrictions relating to the site:

1. Mobile vendors and mobile food vendors shall comply with all of the provisions of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance relating to mobile vendors.

2. Every licensee shall have and maintain the authority or permission to use the parcel of private property on which the mobile vending operation is located, and shall provide, and update as necessary, written evidence to the City Clerk of that authorization or permission.

3. Connection of a mobile vending unit or a mobile food vending unit to a source of electricity, water, or sewer at a mobile vending operation site is prohibited unless a permit has been obtained from the Planning and Development Department for each connection and such connection has been inspected and approved by the Planning and Development Department to be in compliance with the Phoenix Electrical Code or the Phoenix Plumbing Code, as applicable. Evidence of such permit and inspection approval for each utility and for each separate mobile vending operation site shall be maintained in the mobile vending unit or mobile food vending unit at all times, and shall be made available for review by City or Maricopa County inspectors upon request. All work must be performed by a contractor with the appropriate required state license. The Neighborhood Services Department shall be notified by the applicant once the work required by this section has been completed and approved.

4. The use of portable or vehicle-mounted generators to supply electricity for a mobile vending operation is prohibited.

5. Mobile vending units and mobile food vending units shall not be placed or located within the vision triangles specified in Section 31-13 of this Code.

6. No mobile vending unit or mobile food vending unit shall be larger than twenty-four feet long by ten feet wide by twelve feet high, provided that the operation of attached venting while the unit is in operation shall not be cause for a violation of this paragraph.

7. The area surrounding the mobile vending unit shall be permanently marked on all sides at a distance of ten feet from the mobile vending unit.

8. No mobile vending unit shall operate at any location other than that established on the plot plan submitted with the application as required by this Article.

9. No mobile vendor or mobile food vendor shall provide any services to any patron, including installation of goods, wares or merchandise, provided that those services specifically required to serve food shall be excepted.

B. Mobile vending and mobile food vending on private property shall be subject to the following operational restrictions:

1. Any mobile vending unit or mobile food vending unit shall be removed from the site during the hours of non-operation. Any semi-permanent structure used and/or associated with the mobile vending or mobile food vending operation shall also be removed from the site during hours of non-operation. This means that any mobile vending unit shall be removed from the site no later than 10:30 p.m. Any mobile food vending unit shall be removed from the site no later than 2:30 a.m.

2. A mobile vendor shall not operate between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. A mobile food vendor shall not operate between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. The mobile vending unit or mobile food vending unit shall be removed from the site in accordance with subsection (B)(1) above.

3. A mobile vendor or mobile food vendor located within three hundred feet of any school, measured in a straight line from the lot line of the parcel on which the mobile vending unit is located to the lot line of the parcel on which the school is located, shall not operate between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

4. The area within which a mobile vending unit or mobile food vending unit is operating shall at all times be kept clean and free from litter, garbage, rubble and debris.

5. A mobile vendor shall not use bells, chimes, microphones, loudspeakers or amplified music as a part of its mobile vending operation. (Ord. No. G-4299, § 1, 2000; Ord. No. G-4452, § 5, 2002; Ord. No. G-5590, § 1, 2011)