§ 15-51. Trucks and vehicles delivering or selling merchandise; street vendors.

(a)

Trucks or moving vehicles operating upon the streets of the city for the purpose of this section are classified as follows:

(1)

Trucks or moving vehicles engaged in the business of delivering goods, wares and merchandise, where no money is received upon the delivery and no orders taken for goods, wares, and merchandise to be delivered in the future.

(2)

Trucks or moving vehicles operating from and in connection with a place of business in the city that has paid its business tax.

(3)

Trucks or moving vehicles selling goods, wares, merchandise, farm products, grove products, citrus, shrubbery, or other products at retail or wholesale.

(4)

Trucks or moving vehicles rendering services for which a charge is made such as sharpening knives, repairing, towel or linen service or other services in the city.

(b)

Trucks and moving vehicles described under subsection (a)(3) and (4) above are required to obtain a street vendor's permit as described in chapter 23. Trucks and moving vehicles described under paragraph (a)(1) and (2) above are required to pay the business tax fee under the appropriate classification of section 15-57. Upon obtaining the required business tax receipt, such trucks, moving vehicles and vendors shall receive from the business tax division a permit showing the valid business tax year. This permit is to be affixed on the vehicle in plain sight and is nontransferable.

(Code 1953, §§ 23-31, 23-32; Ord. No. C-75-49, §§ 1, 2, 5-20-75; Ord. No. C-81-85, § 1, 9-29-81; Ord. No. C-89-50, §§ 15, 16, 7-6-89; Ord. No. C-06-41, § 2, 12-19-06 )