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HomeMy WebLinkAbout26 PUSHCARTS OPER. 06-06-94NO. 26 ,..,:6-6-94 OATE: JUNE 6, 1994 Inter-Corn TO: FROM: SUBJECT: . .. WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ORDINANCE NO. 1123, OPERATION OF PUSHCARTS · . RECOMMENDATION: Have second reading by title only and adoption of Ordinance No. 1123 (roll call vote). BACKGROUND: 'The following Ordinance No. 1123 had first reading by title'only and introduction at the May 16';. 1994 City Council meeting: _ ORDINANCE NO. 1123 -AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING VENDING ACTIVITIESAND THE OPERATION OF PUSHCARTS AND-OTHER PORTABLE VENDING DEVICES IN THE CITY TUSTIN Valerie Whiteman Chief Deputy City Clerk 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. 1123 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY TUSTIN REGULATING OUTDOOR VENDING ACTIVITIES AND THE OPERATION OF PUSHCARTS AND OTHER PORTABLE VENDING DEVICES IN THE CITY OF TUSTIN. The City Council of the City of Tustin finds and determines as follows: Ae Uncontrolled outdoor vending activities can result in complaints of pushcarts and other portable vending devices blocking sidewalks or driveWays, creation of trash problems, potential security and safety risks to the general public, generating loud noise, and creating actual and/or perceived health risks associated with the sometimes unsightly or unsanitary appearance of vendors, pushcarts and/or their operators. Th~ incidence of outdoor vending activities, pushcarts, and portable vending devices within the City of Tustin, and their associated nuisances, has increased as nearby cities adopt regulations which restrict or displace vendors, pushcart owners or operators causing them to seek other areas as potential markets. "' 'C. The City of Tustin Zoning Code does not adequately regulate outdoor vending activities, 'pushcarts and other portable- vending devices, their owners and operators within the City. -- - De The Tustin City Council has previously adopted interim. urgency regulations for the operation of pushcarts and-'- other portable vending devices in the-City to protect the public safety, health, and welfare while-the permanent ordinance is being developed. It is desired that permanent regulations be adopted with the expiration of the Interim Urgency Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tustin DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Article 9, Chapter 2, Part 7, Section 9271 of the Tustin City Code is hereby amended to add the following: "z. Outdoor Vending Activities, Pushcarts, Vending Devices Portable Consistent with other Sections of the Tustin City Code, outdoor vending activities are also hereby prohibited except as provided herein: 10 11 12 13 - 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 Ordinance No. 1123 Page 2 (1) Pushcarts or portable vending devices may .operate within the City of Tustin in the following locations only: (a)- Within any commercial multi-use or multi-tenant shopping center with more than 30,000-square feet of leasable floor area or located on a site greater than ors (1) acre in land area, with written consent of the center owner or agent, upon Planning Commission .review and approval of a proposal subject to the findings required for approval of a Design Review application, and upon final approval of a Design Review application by the Director of Community Development; (b) At any special event or activity, with limits to the number of .pushcarts conditioned upon the - issuance of a Temporary Use Permit, by the Director of Community Development; and (c) At other appropriate sites, upon issuance of a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review approval by the Planning CommiSsion. (2) Pushcarts or portable, vending devices may be operated~ or used for any outdoor vending purpose only during the business or operating, hours of the shopping center or special event where located. In centers where one or more businesses operate on a 24-hour basis, the' maximum hours of operation of pushcarts or portable'. vending devices shall be 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. -' ~-~.._ (3) Pushcart or portable vending device operators and pushcart or portable vending device owners shall have '-a valid City of Tustin Business License, and any necessary State, County or other City permit required by law, and shall operate in accordance with regulations pertaining to those licenses and permits. (4) Design Standards The following design criteria and standards shall be considered in the evaluation of a Design Review application for pushcarts or other portable vending devices: (a) Location, number and size, including height; (b) Design of the pushcart(s) or other portable vending device(s), including color and signage, which shall be compatible with the design of the shopping center where the pushcart(s) is located; 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Ordinance No. 1123 PaGe 3 (c) Ancillary equipment, such as cash register stands and trash receptacles; (d) Security - The design and location of pushcarts or portable vending devices shall minimize theft and vandalism. (5) One small compact stool or chair may be utilized by the pushcart or portable vendinG device operator. The chair or stool shall be plac~dwithin four feet of the pushcart and shall not block the safe passage of pedestrians or vehicles. No advertisinG shall be placed on the stool or chair. No additional seating shall be allowed. (6) A refuse bin of at least one cubic foot, shall be provided in, on or within three (3) feet of the pushCart (s) or other portable vendinG device(s). ~-~ _ (7) Restrictions: (a) No-noise makinG devices shall be used in conjunction with pushcarts or portable vendinG devices. (b) puShcartS'or portable vendinG devices shall not- be stationed for purposes of outdoor vendinG~in any location which Creates an unreasonable obstruction to the normal flow of vehicular or- pedestrian traffic; or within ten (1~) feet of'~_~ any intersection, driveway,'or buildinG entrance; or in any space designed for-vehicular parkinG. (c) No signs or other advertising devices 'are permitted beyond those painted on or affixed to the pushcart, portable vendinG device or its canopy. Such signs shall be considered "vehicle signs", and shall be allowed in accordance with Tustin City Codes. Electrified or internally illuminated signs shall be prohibited. (d) Pushcart~canopies, awnings or roofs constructed of fabric or other liGht-transmittinG material shall not be backlit. (e) Ail merchandise shall be maintained on the pushcart or portable vendinG device. Section 2. Article 9, Chapter 2, Part 9, Section 9297 of the Tustin City Code is hereby amended to add in alphabetical order the followinG: - 1 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 Ordinance No. 1123 Page 4 "Portable Vendinq Device" means any Stand, enclosure, booth, kiosk, instrument or mechanism intended to be temporarily used to display, distribute or sell food, beverage, product to the public. J "Pushcart" means any wagon, cart, or similar wheeled container, which is not a "vehicle", as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, from which food, beverage, or product is displayed, distributed or offered for sale to the public. "Pushcart or Portable Vendinq Device Operator" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, stockholder, including, but not limited to, owners, operators, lessors and lessees, who operate a pushcart'or portable vending device for the purpose of vending food, beverage, or product therefrom. "Pushcart or Portable Vendinq Device Owner" means any person as defined herein owning or controlling one or more pushcarts and who: (1) COnducts or permits or causes the operation of such pushcart(s) or portable vending device(s) for vending food, beverage or product; (2) Owns, operates, controls, manages, or leases, such pushcart(s) or'portable vending device(s); or (3) Contracts with Persons to-vend food, beverage or product from such Pushcart(s) or portable vending' device(s). _ . _ .."SPecial Event" means any commercial, civic, patriotic, religious, cultural, community or political event taking place on a specific date or dates or other such occurrence as determined by the Director of Community Development. "Vend or vendinq" means offering food, beverage, or product ~of any kind for outdoor sale on any publicly or privately owned sidewalk, drive aisle, street, alley, or unenclosed place open to the public, including the movement or standing of a pushcart or portable vending device for the purpose of searching for, obtaining or soliciting retail sales of products." Section 3. Severability Ail of the provisions of the ordinance shall be construed and applied together in order to accomplish the purpose of these regulations. If any provision of this part is held by a court to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall apply only to the particular facts, determinations and part of this Ordinance, or if a provision is declared to be invalid or unconstitutional as applied to all 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Ordinance No. 1123 Page 5 facts, all of the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall continue to be fully effective. Section 4, Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Article 18 of the State Guidelines, the proposed project has been found to be exempt from the requirements of CEQA, and therefore, no environmental documents are required. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the day of , 1994. THOMAS R. SALTARELLI MAYOR 'MARY E. WYNN CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF TUSTIN CERTIFICATION FOR ORDINANCE NO. 1123 . _ MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio-Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does' hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council'of'the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the day of , 1994, by the following vote: COUNCILPERSONS AYES: COUNCILPERSONS NOES: COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED: COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT: MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk PR: kd\ORDINANC\ll2 3. pr