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Sec. 22-83License required

Last changed 2019
Plain English: what this chapter covers

This is the chapter for anyone running a business in town: the yearly occupation tax (the city's business license), plus special rules for pawn shops, phone companies, arcades and coin-operated machines, fireworks stands, food trucks, and permits for special events on city property like festivals, parades and big cookouts in the park. Several parts are fairly recent (2015-2025), but some, like the pawnshop rules, are older and still describe paper record books.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, food of any type from a commissary, mobile retail food establishment, pushcart or temporary food establishment without a license first having been granted under this section, except for city-sponsored events.

(b) An application for a license or a permit hereunder shall be submitted to the city setting forth all information required hereunder and in compliance with this article. The city manager or his or her designee shall develop a form of application for the purpose of compliance with this article.

(c) The following information shall be provided with each application for a food truck vendor permit:

(1) Name of the food truck vendor;

(2) Make, model, and license plate number of vending unit;

(3) Owner's contact information:

(4) Operator's contact information;

(5) Type of vendor (street vending unit or sidewalk vending unit):

(6) Copy of approved permit from the Turner County Health Department;

(7) List of operating locations and times;

(8) Signatures from property owners indicating consent for the use of their property;

(9) Signature of applicant indicating agreement to the listed requirements.

History: (Ord. No. 19-04, § 1, 11-7-2019)

This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.

Online: https://jamesburgessleads.com/city-code/PTIICOOR_CH22BU_ARTVIIMOFOVE_S22-83LIRE

Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH22BU_ARTVIIMOFOVE_S22-83LIRE

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