Spokane Municipal Code

Term

Definition

Alcohol Service Area

“Alcohol service area” means an area in which alcohol may be sold, served, and consumed as authorized by the City of Spokane and the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

Applicant

“Applicant” means any person seeking a license on their own behalf or on behalf of a property owner. The applicant shall serve as the primary contact for the license.

Mobile Food Vending Unit

“Mobile Food Vending Unit” means a movable food service establishment such as a pushcart, van, or trailer approved for mobile food vending by the Spokane Regional Health District. The Mobile Food Vending Unit provides space for limited storage, handling, and/or dispensing of foods. The entire operation must be contained within/on the mobile food vending unit, except that expansion of the operation may be allowed in conjunction with an approved temporary event as allowed under the rules of the Spokane Regional Health District.

Mobile Food Vendor

“Mobile Food Vendor” means a person or persons owning, operating, or working in a mobile food vending unit and is the permit holder and person in charge of a mobile food vending unit under the provisions of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 246-215 and the rules of Spokane Regional Health District. A mobile food vendor, as defined herein, is not an itinerant vendor as defined in Chapter 10.40 SMC, Itinerant Vendors.

Mobile food vendors do not include lemonade stands described in WAC 246-215-01115 and mobile caterers who are engaged in the business of transporting, in 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.

Parklet

“Parklet” means a small public gathering space, occupying up to two parking stalls or a loading zone, as applicable, on a public street, and treated in all respects as a public sidewalk, but the facilities of which are privately owned and maintained.

Restaurant

“Restaurant” means any establishment having special space and accommodation where food and beverages are regularly served to the public for immediate, on-site consumption. Restaurant includes, but is not limited to, diners, coffee shops, bars, delicatessens, and cafeterias.

Sidewalk Café

“Sidewalk café” means a portion of a public sidewalk on which tables and chairs are placed for the use of patrons while consuming food and/or beverages, including liquor as defined in RCW 66.04.010, served by a café, restaurant, or tavern located on abutting property.

Streatery

“Streatery” means up to two parking stalls or a loading zone, as applicable, used either as an extension of, or a stand-alone sidewalk café, connected visually to, and for use by patrons of, a nearby restaurant or bar and service at which is subject to all the terms and conditions of the nearby restaurant or bar’s food service permits and alcohol licenses.