5.07.040 Mobile Food Vendor Application:
Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to secure a license as a mobile food or street food vendor shall make application to the City, on forms to be provided by the City, at least twenty-one (21) days before the requested start date of the business. Such mobile food or street food vendor application shall provide:
A. The name or names and address of the applicant, vehicle license numbers of all vehicles or a description of the conveyance from which the applicant proposes to conduct business; description of the general type of food proposed to be sold by the applicant.
B. Each mobile food vendor application shall be accompanied with the license fee as provided for in the currently adopted fee schedule.
C. Each license application for a mobile food or street food vendor shall be accompanied with the following information to establish compliance with this chapter and other applicable codes:
1. Washington State Unified Business Identifier (UBI).
2. Copy of approved operations permit from the Moses Lake Fire Department, as applicable (for instance for operators with grease-laden vapors, etc.), which must be renewed annually. Requirements for such a permit are found in the most recently adopted Washington State Adopted and Amended Fire Code.
3. The mobile food vendor must obtain a signed agreement between the property owner, or legal agent, and the mobile food vendor allowing use of the property for the mobile food business. This shall include written permission from the property owner for employees of the mobile food vendor to use the property owner’s restroom.
4. Vendors must have access to restrooms with warm water under pressure and be open/accessible during all hours of operations. If seating is provided restrooms must also be accessible to customers. Portable restrooms are not permitted.
5. A statement explaining the method of trash and litter disposal being proposed by the vendor and/or signed agreement from the property owner to utilize their garbage.
6. Site plan of where unit will be located (if applicable), as it pertains to existing buildings, parking and exits, will be provided for each operating location within City limits.
a. A mobile food or street food vendor shall not be located within five feet (5') from the outside edge of the public right-of-way. The setback requirement applies to all vehicle appurtenances, on or in the vehicle, including but not limited to tanks, generators, awnings, tents, etc.
b. Site distance triangles shall be observed. The site triangle shall be formed by measuring from the intersection of the extended curb line or the traveled right-of-way (if no curbs exist) of the adjacent street, to a distance of fifty feet (50') from the corner point. The third side of the triangle is the straight line connecting the two (2) fifty foot (50') sides. Within the area comprising the triangle, no fence, shrub, or other physical obstruction higher than thirty-six inches (36") above the established street grade shall be permitted.
c. The vending window shall be facing the interior of the lot, away from the public right-of-way.
7. Copy of current food establishment permit issued by the Grant County Health District, which must be renewed annually.
8. Each food vendor shall be a self-contained unit and shall obtain an electrical permit and inspection from L&I prior to operation.
9. Approval from Fire Department.
a. LPG (commonly referred to as propane tanks) or compressed natural gas (CNG) gas containers shall adhere to the following requirements:
1) Maximum aggregate capacity shall not exceed forty-six (46) gallons for propane (LPG), and no more than one thousand three hundred (1,300) pounds for CNG (compressed natural gas). The final maximum capacity shall be determined by the Fire Department on a case-by-case basis.
2) Gas containers shall be contained on, or within, the food vending unit.
10. Any tents used by the food vendor shall comply with the standards of Section 5.07.090(I). (Ord. 3045, 3/26/24; Ord. 3022, 4/11/23; Ord. 3012, 8/9/22; Ord. 2988, 9/28/21; Ord. 2924, 4/23/19; Ord. 2784, 10/13/15; Ord. 1619, 1994)