§ 5.38.010 — Purpose

5.38.010 - Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public safety and welfare against the problems created by the street vending of food and other items from pushcarts, baskets, lunch wagons, eating carts, and other non-motorized food carts within the City of Riverside. These street-vending activities can pose special dangers to pedestrians and impact vehicular traffic and movement on the public rights-of-way. The City Council finds that the regulation of the vending activities specified within this chapter is necessary to prevent significant hazards to health, safety, and welfare of its residents and to prevent potential automobile accidents on the public rights-of-way and streets which could result in serious and fatal bodily harm to it residents. The City Council further finds that regulation of street vending is necessary because congestion on the public rights-of-way may impede the ingress and egress of emergency and public safety vehicles by creating physical obstacles to emergency response and administration of aid to those in need of immediate medical attention and to victims of criminal activity.

(Ord. 7129 § 1, 2011; Ord. 5648 § 1, 1988; Ord. 5618 § 1, 1988)