IN GENERAL

Huntsville Code of Ordinances ch. 8, art. I

in effect

Huntsville Code of Ordinances § 8-1 Farm products not to be sold except at curb market.

Sec. 8-1. - Farm products not to be sold except at curb market. It shall be unlawful for any person to use any other place within the city except the location designated for a curb market for the sale of farm products. (Code 1982, § 18-326)

Huntsville Code of Ordinances § 8-2 Perishable foods not to be peddled on streets.

Sec. 8-2. - Perishable foods not to be peddled on streets. (a) For the purpose of this section, the definitions of the terms "nonperishable" and "perishable" food are adopted as follows: Nonperishable food means any foodstuff or beverage that is preserved and packaged in such a manner that it may be stored for a long period of time (60 days or longer) without refrigeration and remain in a palatable and healthful state. Perishable food means any foodstuff or beverage which does not meet the definition of "nonperishable food," and any nonperishable foodstuff which is removed from its container or wrapper, or which is in a damaged container or wrapper which does not secure it from contamination. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to peddle through the streets of the city any perishable foods. It shall not be unlawful to peddle through the streets frozen prepackaged ice cream and other frozen perishable food so long as the item is delivered to the customer, frozen in sealed packages prepared by the manufacturer, and properly labeled with all required permitting information. This section does not permit peddling upon the dedicated right-of-way of any public street or sidewalk in the central city area as defined in section 18-31. (c) Off-street sale of prepared food from any vehicle or other temporary location or facility is prohibited except under a permit from the county health department; however, any such temporary location or facility shall meet the following minimum requirements: (1) The building, vehicle or other facility must be equipped with such utilities and sanitary facilities as the county health department requires. (2) No such vehicle or facility is permitted to remain at any one location for longer than ten days or for any shorter period of time specified in their permit. (3) At the end of the permit period, any vehicle or temporary structure must be removed from applicable regulations. (d) It shall not be unlawful to sell or offer for sale produce, vegetables and fruits from vehicles temporarily parked in light industrial, heavy industrial, highway commercial, or neighborhood business areas from the hours of 9:00 a.m. through one hour after sunset, provided the following conditions are met: (1) Vehicles are not parked on the road right-of-way; (2) The area is kept free of litter and in a sanitary condition; (3) Adequate access and off-street parking for customers is provided; (4) There is no preparation of the produce prior to sale except for paring or peeling that may be necessary for display or division; (5) All cut surfaces of fruit and vegetables intended for sale must be covered in such a manner as to exclude flies and other vermin; and (6) No prepared foods be offered for sale without a permit except for honey and sorghum molasses if meeting department of agriculture or health department regulations. (Code 1982, § 18-327; Ord. No. 82-125, § I, 5-7-1982; Ord. No. 88-334, § 19-49, 7-14-1988)

Huntsville Code of Ordinances § 8-3 Display of vehicles for sale.

Sec. 8-3. - Display of vehicles for sale. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to display or offer for sale more than one vehicle on a lot or parcel of real property, or permit such action to be done. (b) It shall be unlawful for any owner, tenant or person in charge of a lot or parcel of real property to display or offer for sale more than one vehicle on the lot or parcel of real property, or permit such action to be done. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to display or offer for sale, or any owner, tenant or person in charge of a lot or parcel of real property to display or offer for sale, or permit such action to be done, any vehicle upon the public right-of-way or other public property; however, this section shall not prohibit a person from operating a vehicle, bearing a "for sale" sign, upon a public right-of-way or from parking such vehicle in a permissible parking space located upon and within such public right-of-way for a period of time reasonably necessary for such person to accomplish a purpose unrelated to the display or offering for sale of the vehicle. In addition to applicable penalties, any vehicle found to be in violation of this section may be towed away, impounded and stored until redeemed at the owner's expense. (d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to any person properly licensed by the city to engage in the business of selling vehicles at the location designated upon such license. (e) Any person properly licensed by the city to engage in business at a particular location on December 16, 1999, who may otherwise be affected by this section shall be allowed to continue its business pursuant to the terms of such license until such time as the business ceases to operate for a period of six months or the person fails to renew its business license for that location. (Ord. No. 99-1075, §§ 1—5, 12-16-1999)

Huntsville Code of Ordinances § 8-4 Private correctional facilities.

Sec. 8-4. - Private correctional facilities. (a) Definition. Private correctional facilities are privately owned or operated uses which include monitoring and control of the offender population, including juveniles, persons on pretrial status, on prerelease status, probationers, parolees or persons incarcerated to serve a sentence. (b) Management plan. (1) Owners or operators of private correctional facilities shall submit to the police chief a management plan describing the management and operation of the facility including: names and addresses of the entities that own the facility and manage the program; name and address of a local responsible person; name and phone number of the responsible governmental contracting agency; names and locations of existing facilities owned or operated by the ownership or management entities; length of the contract period; types of offenders housed; number and qualifications of the staff of the facility; and an emergency plan which details how the facility will deal with emergencies and how and under what circumstances contact is made with local emergency and safety officials. Additionally, a plan for perimeter security shall be filed with and included as a part of the management plan. Any changes or amendments to the management plan and any change in the owner, operator or local responsible person shall be submitted to the police department. (2) Management plans, including changes or amendments thereto, shall require the approval of the police chief. The police chief may require additional information and may require revisions to the plan including additional security measures, such as additional fencing or other barriers, cameras, lighting, guards, sign-in and sign-out sheets, curfew for residents, guard dogs, sirens and direct alarms with the police department. The police chief may require revisions to the plan at any time based on then-current factors or conditions. (3) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or for any owner, operator or local responsible person to allow the operation of a private correctional facility not in conformance with the approved management plan. (c) Inspection. The police chief may conduct periodic inspections of private correctional facilities to determine compliance with then-current approved management plan. Such inspections may be announced prior to the conduct of the inspection or may be unannounced. (d) Continuing violation. Each day that a violation of this section continues shall be a separate offense. (e) Promulgation of rules and regulations. The police chief is authorized to promulgate any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this section. (Ord. No. 09-1179, § 1, 12-17-2009)

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