Section 8-7-2 Definitions
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
“Applicant” means the person who applies for a license pursuant to this article.
“Controlling person” means a natural person who either has a ten percent (10%) or greater interest in the ownership or earnings of the business, or is any of the following:
1. An officer, director, or any stockholder who owns ten percent (10%) or more, of a corporation licensee/applicant;
2. A general partner of a limited partnership licensee or applicant or partner of a nonlimited partnership licensee or applicant;
3. An officer, president, or secretary of a limited liability company/corporation licensee or applicant; or
4. The sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship licensee or applicant.
“Designated agent” means the person designated by the licensee, applicant, or any other legal means to receive notice(s) from the Town pursuant to this article.
“Intersection” has the same meaning as in A.R.S. § 28-601.
“Legal parking space” means an area designated for the legal parking of a vehicle in the Town right-of-way that may be paved or unpaved and may be delineated by road surface markings. It does not include a parking space in a parking lot on property owned by the Town.
“Licensee” means the person or entity who applied for a license pursuant to this article and in whose name such license was issued.
“Mobile conveyance unit” means a subset of mobile food unit, and one which moves quickly and readily from place to place, stopping only to complete a point-of-sale transaction. This definition shall include but not be limited to ice cream trucks or other food service trucks moving in a route type fashion, stopping for no longer than fifteen (15) minutes per stop.
“Mobile food unit” means an establishment designed to be readily movable from which food is composed, compounded, processed, or prepared and from which food is vended, sold, or given away. This definition shall include but not be limited to food establishments in operation from a vehicle, enclosed or unenclosed trailer, cart, or pushcart.
“Mobile food vendor” means any person who owns, controls, manages, leases, or is employed by a mobile food unit or contracts with a person to prepare foods and vend from, drive or operate a mobile food unit.
“Right-of-way” means land which by deed, conveyance, agreement, easement, dedication, patent, reservation, usage or process of law is reserved for or dedicated to the general public for use as a sidewalk, street, or highway.
“Semipermanent structure” means equipment, or any dining area, including, but not limited to, tables, chairs, booths, bar stools, benches, and standup counters.
“Special event” means any event that will take place on Town property, including but not limited to parks, open space, streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way, or on private property, and which by its nature could cause a significant disruption of pedestrians or vehicular traffic in the area and/or that requires traffic safety measures. An event is not a “special event” for the purposes of this article if all of the following are true: (1) the event takes place on private property; (2) the event does not require the closure of any Town street, sidewalk or right-of-way; and (3) the event does not require any municipal services beyond the currently existing, permanent, in-ground infrastructure. (23-10, Added, 11/21/2023)