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As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Mobile food establishment. Pursuant to G.L. 1956, § 5-11.1-3(5), a food service operation that is operated from a movable motor-driven or propelled vehicle, portable structure, or watercraft that can change location. Mobile food establishments specifically include, but are not limited to, food trucks, food carts, ice cream trucks/carts, and lemonade trucks/carts.
Mobile food establishment operator. Pursuant to G.L. 1956, § 5-11.1-3(7) a person or corporate entity who or that owns, manages, or controls, or who or that has the duty to manage or control the operation of a mobile food establishment.
Mobile food establishment vendor. Pursuant to G.L. 1956, § 5-11.1-3(8) a person who prepares, sells, cooks, or serves food or beverages from a mobile food establishment.
Mobile food permit. Pursuant to G.L. 1956, § 5-11.1-3(9) a "municipal mobile food establishment permit" issued by the city to a mobile food establishment operator that possesses a current state mobile food establishment registration. (1)
Mobile food permit issued to a mobile food establishment, that temporarily parks on a public street or private property and engages in the service, sale or distribution of food, prepared on site, to the general public directly from the vehicle.
(2)
Mobile food transient permit issued specifically to an ice cream/ lemonade truck or catering trucks, who sell prepackaged or pre-prepared foods, who may travel in/into residential districts and are transient in nature, moving at least every 15 minutes.
(Ord. of 12-9-2019(1), § 3)