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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Chapter 10.51
Section 10.51.040
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Chapter 10.51 Mobile Food Vendors

Section 10.51.040 Exceptions

Mobile food vendors must operate in accordance with the provisions of this chapter except as follows:

  1. Limited special event vending.

Mobile food vendors may vend from a location in a zone which is not otherwise approved for mobile food vending, including residential zones, under the following conditions:

  1. The owner of the property where an event such as a community event, special event approved by the City, a neighborhood block party, wedding, or birthday party will occur has invited the mobile food vendor to participate and mobile food vending is part of the event activities.

  2. The mobile food vending unit may not remain at the location for longer than the duration of the special event and while there must be located so as to avoid creating conflicts with pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic or creating other public safety problems.

  3. Mobile food vendors who operate in accordance with this exception do not require additional permits or approvals but must have and maintain all other licenses and approvals necessary to lawfully operate as a mobile food vendor within the City of Spokane.

  1. Mobile food vendors who operate for not more than fourteen days annually within the City of Spokane are exempt from the permitting requirements of this section but must otherwise comply with all other standards contained within this chapter.

  2. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to mobile caterers who are engaged in the business of transporting, in motor vehicles, food and beverages to residential, business and industrial establishments pursuant to prearranged schedules and dispensing from the vehicles the items to and for the convenience of the personnel or occupants of such establishments.

  3. Mobile food vendors who vend from very small pushcarts (twenty cubic feet of cart or less) on the public sidewalk may choose to operate in accordance with the provisions of the itinerant vendor permit, SMC 10.40.010, and are thus exempt from the requirements of Chapter 10.51.

Date Passed: Monday, June 23, 2014

Effective Date: Friday, August 8, 2014

ORD C35097 Section 1