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No. 1r <br /> Ordinance No. 0 () -15 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br /> INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4-45 OF THE SOUTH <br /> BEND MUNICIPAL CODE BY INCLUDING NEW REGULATIONS ADDRESSING <br /> MOBILE FOOD VENDORS, MOBILE FOOD VENDING VEHICLES, AND UPDATING <br /> RESTAURANT REGULATIONS. <br /> STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> Chapter 4, Article 4, Section 4-45 of the South Bend Municipal Code mandates how restaurants <br /> operating within the City of South Bend are to be licensed and regulated by the City Controller's <br /> Office. <br /> The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Section 4-45 of Chapter 4, Article 4 of the South Bend <br /> Municipal Code to modify and expand the definition of"Restaurants"to include mobile food <br /> trucks, mobile food carts, establishments serving continental breakfast, and establishments with <br /> soda fountains, coffee dispensaries and/or slushy machines. <br /> The Common Council of the City of South Bend finds that the mobile food vending industry has <br /> grown considerably in recent years. In order to foster entrepreneurial opportunity for new and <br /> expanding restaurants, to create vibrancy in the City, particularly the downtown, and to provide <br /> additional food options for businesses in the outlying city areas, the recognition of mobile food <br /> vendors and implementation of a centralized process to issue permits to such vendors would be <br /> appropriate. <br /> The Common Council of the City of South Bend finds that it is in the best interest of the <br /> public health and safety of the citizens of South Bend to authorize, regulate, and monitor mobile <br /> food vendor establishments that serve cooked and prepared food and/or drinks. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: <br /> Section I. Chapter 4, Article 4, Section 4-45 of the South Bend Municipal Code, is hereby <br /> amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br /> Sec. 4-45 Restaurants,generally Itinerant Restaurants, and Mobile Vendor Vehicles. <br /> (a) Definitions: <br /> 1 <br />