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No. Ordinance No. -15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4 -45 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE BY INCLUDING NEW REGULATIONS ADDRESSING MOBILE FOOD VENDORS, MOBILE FOOD VENDING VEHICLES, AND UPDATING RESTAURANT REGULATIONS. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Chapter 4, Article 4, Section 4 -45 of the South Bend Municipal Code mandates how restaurants operating within the City of South Bend are to be licensed and regulated by the City Controller's Office. The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Section 4 -45 of Chapter 4, Article 4 of the South Bend Municipal Code to modify and expand the definition of "Restaurants" to include mobile food trucks, mobile food carts, establishments serving continental breakfast, and establishments with soda fountains, coffee dispensaries and/or slushy machines. The Common Council of the City of South Bend finds that the mobile food vending industry has grown considerably in recent years. In order to foster entrepreneurial opportunity for new and expanding restaurants, to create vibrancy in the City, particularly the downtown, and to provide additional food options for businesses in the outlying city areas, the recognition of mobile food vendors and implementation of a centralized process to issue permits to such vendors would be appropriate. The Common Council of the City of South Bend finds that it is in the best interest of the public health and safety of the citizens of South Bend to authorize, regulate, and monitor mobile food vendor establishments that serve cooked and prepared food and/or drinks. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. Chapter 4, Article 4, Section 4 -45 of the South Bend Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 4 -45 Restaurants, generally Itinerant Restaurants. and Mobile Vendor Vehicles. (a) Definitions: