A. “Approving authority” means the site plan review committee or the director according to the provisions of LMC 16.70.030(B) (process for approval).

B. “Director” shall refer to the director of the community and economic development department, or his or her designee, that is responsible for administration of limited administrative review pursuant to Section 1C of the Development Guidelines and Public Works Standards.

C. “Designated food vehicle zone” is an area within a street designated for location of a food vehicles(s) by the director of public works.

D. “Food vehicle” means a licensed and operable motor vehicle or trailer used to serve, vend, or provide food or nonalcoholic beverages for human consumption from a fixed location or along a route in a public place.

E. “Handcrafted goods” means goods produced or created by the vendor from raw or basic materials.

F. “Original art” means art crafted by the vendor or by artists the vendor acts as agent to on consignment of the art work.

G. “Outdoor shopping center activities and events” means activities normally taking place in parking lots of shopping centers from time to time on a temporary basis. Activities include, but are not limited to, promotions or special showings and sale of boats and recreation vehicles or miscellaneous activities such as pony rides and carnival activities. Such activities attract consumers to the shopping center, both the traveling public and pedestrians in the area, and add flavor to the shopping experience. Activities do not significantly impede parking or circulation at the site or adversely affect permanent businesses in the area.

H. “Outdoor food court” means one location (parking lot, plaza, or lot) where more than four street merchants selling food have located offering a choice of foods and vendors.

I. “Public place” means public right-of-way and the space above or beneath its surface, whether or not opened or improved, including streets, avenues, ways, boulevards, drives, places, alleys, sidewalks, planting strips, squares, triangles, and plazas that are not privately owned.

J. “Retail stand” means a vending cart, street merchant structure, food vehicle or temporary seasonal structure used for retail sale of approved street merchant merchandise. The retail stand is operated from a fixed location within a parking lot, pedestrian plaza, public property, or right-of-way and designed and sized to be readily moved.

K. “Street fair, outdoor food court or market” means a location where multiple street merchants and activities are organized as one function, including but not limited to one site, lot or parking lot designed or converted to accommodate multiple street vendors on a permanent or seasonal basis, the Lacey Fun Fair or a seasonal farmers’ market.

L. “Street merchant” means a merchant selling goods from a fixed location within a parking lot, pedestrian plaza, public property or right-of-way using a vending cart, food vehicle, street merchant structure or temporary seasonal structure.

M. “Street merchant structure” means a structure typically larger than a vending cart that is not intended to be moved by one vendor. Such structure is intended to be set up and stationary in one location, is less than two hundred square feet and is not permanently affixed to its location by a permanent foundation. Examples include an espresso stand, year-round fruit and vegetable stand, or other similar building intended to be used for street merchant activity as defined in this chapter.

N. “Temporary/seasonal retail stand” means a stand to sell seasonal retail items on a temporary basis. These include fireworks stands, if allowed, Christmas tree stands and local agricultural fruit stands.

O. “Vending cart” means a movable cart that is used to serve, vend, or provide food, nonalcoholic beverages, or flowers. (Ord. 1539 §115, 2019; Ord. 1435 §1, 2014; Ord. 1163 §1, 2001).