§ 30-144. Vehicle equipment.

(a)

Every ice cream vending vehicle shall, in addition to any other equipment required by law, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and widely spaced laterally as practical, which lamps shall be capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level, and to the rear two alternately flashing amber lights located at the same level. Such lights shall have sufficient intensity to be visible from a distance of at least 300 feet in normal sunlight and shall be actuated by the driver of such vehicle whenever such vehicle is stopped on any public street for the purpose of vending its products or is about to stop for that purpose.

(b)

In addition to the lights required by subsection (a) of this section, each ice cream vending vehicle, when operating on a public street, shall have a sign lettered upon the vehicle itself or prominently displayed and attached to the vehicle warning other approaching motor vehicles to stop and then proceed with caution when the signal lamps are actuated. Such warning shall be located both on the front and the rear of such vehicle.

(c)

A licensee may attach to his or her vehicle, for the purpose of attracting persons to buy his or her products, one bell which shall not exceed a noise frequency of 68 decibels, or a music box and speakers playing prerecorded music, which also shall not exceed a noise frequency of 68 decibels.

(Code 1989, § 836.03; Ord. No. 856, 5-6-1997)