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ORDINANCE #23-01 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 FOR BUSINESS LICENSING REGULATION The City of Ramsey ordains: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of Ramsey. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE SECTION 26 The current City Code Chapter 26, Article XIX, (sections 26-872 and 26-875) is amended as follows (additions indicated by underline, deletions indicated by strikethrough): Chapter 26 Article XIX -Mobile Food Units DIVISION 1 — GENERALLY Sec. 26-870 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (A) Purpose. This chapter is enacted to establish standards for the regulation of mobile food units to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the city. (B) Objectives. The general objectives of this chapter are as follows: (1) To ensure standards for the proper placement and operation of mobile food units. (2) To meet consumer expectations of the safety of mobile food units. (3) To ensure the temporary nature of this type of business. (C) Scope. This chapter is applicable to all mobile food units where food, meals, snacks, beverages, or ingredients thereof are stored, prepared, and sold for consumption on or off the premises. This includes all City -sponsored, public, private, or special events located in the city. Sec. 26-871 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. CITY. The City of Ramsey and its designated employees or person -in -charges. MOBILE FOOD UNIT. A self-contained food service operation, located in a readily movable motorized wheeled or towed vehicle, used to store, prepare, display or serve food intended for individual portion service that is readily movable without disassembling, or as defined in M.S. § 157.15, Subd. 9. This definition includes a smoker trailer, either attached or detached from the mobile food unit.