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11.40.080 PEDDLERS—VENDORS—LIMITATION.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall stand or park any vehicle, wagon or pushcart from which goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs are sold, displayed, solicited or offered for sale, or bartered or exchanged, or any lunch wagon or eating car, or vehicle, on any portion of any street within this City, except that such vehicles, wagons or pushcarts may stand or park only at the request of bona fide purchaser of such goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables or foodstuffs for a period of time not to exceed 10 minutes at any one place. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to persons delivering such articles upon order of, or by agreement with, a customer from a store or other fixed place of business or distribution.

(b) No person shall park or stand on any street any lunch wagon, eating cart or vehicle, or pushcart, from which tamales, peanuts, popcorn, candy, or other articles of food are sold, or offered for sale, without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the City Council, which shall designate the specific location in which such cart shall stand.

(c) No person shall park or stand any vehicle, or wagon, used, or intended to be used, in the transportation of property for hire on any street while awaiting patronage for such vehicle or wagon, without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the City Council, which shall designate the specific location where such vehicle may stand.

(d) Whenever any permit has been granted under the provisions of this section, and a particular location to park or stand has been specified therein, no person shall park or stand any vehicle, wagon, or pushcart on any location other than as designated in such permit. In the event that the holder of any such permit has been convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of violating any of the provisions of this section, such permit shall be forthwith revoked by the City Council upon the filing of the record of such conviction with the City Council, and no such permit shall thereafter be issued to such person until six months have elapsed from the date of such revocation.