City of Philadelphia - File #: 140644

• File #: 140644
• Version: 2
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 9/11/2014
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Final action: 5/14/2015
• Title: Amending Section 9-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Street Vendors," by providing for the inspection and regulation of mobile food vehicles that use propane or other combustible fuel, adding definitions, providing for enforcement and penalties and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Council President Clarke, Councilmember Jones
• Indexes: VENDORS
• Code sections: 9-203 - Street Vendors

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/2/2015	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/14/2015	2	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	15:0
5/7/2015	2	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
5/7/2015	2	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
5/7/2015	2	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
5/4/2015	1	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/4/2015	1	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
5/4/2015	1	Committee on Streets and Services	AMENDED
5/4/2015	2	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
3/30/2015	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/30/2015	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
3/30/2015	0	Committee on Streets and Services	AMENDED
3/30/2015	1	Committee on Streets and Services	RECESSED
9/11/2014	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Amending Section 9-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Street Vendors," by providing for the inspection and regulation of mobile food vehicles that use propane or other combustible fuel, adding definitions, providing for enforcement and penalties and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

Body

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 9-203 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 9-203. Street Vendors.

(1) Definitions. In this Section, the following definitions apply:

(a) Street Vendor. Any person travelling by foot, wagon, motor vehicle or any other type of conveyance from place to place, house to house or street to street or on property owned or controlled by the City of Philadelphia carrying, conveying, or transporting goods, wares or merchandise and offering and exposing them for sale, or making sales and delivering articles to purchasers; or who without travelling from place to place, sells or offers for sale products from a wagon, handcart, pushcart, motor vehicle, stand, conveyance or from his person who submits orders, and as a separate transaction, makes deliveries to purchasers. A "street vendor" shall include any "vendor", "peddler", "hawker", "huckster", ["itinerant merchant"] "itinerant merchant," "mobile food vehicle" or "transient vendor" but shall exclude any vendor licensed under Section 9-201 or Section 9-213.

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(f) Mobile Food Vehicle. A self-contained food service operation, located in a readily movable motorized vehicle with wheels or in a vehicle with wheels, capable of being towed by a motorized vehicle, designed for the preparation, display and service of food, beverages, or both to patrons.

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(10) Special Requirements for Mobile Food Vehicles that Use Propane or Compressed Natural Gas. In addition to all other requirements of this Section and any other a...