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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1660 PAGE SIX The city council expresses its intent to permit the traditional delivery or vending of beverages and foods from vehicles from house to house through the residential areas of the city, but declares its intention to prohibit any such conveyance being used as a store of stationary location for the sale of such wares upon the streets of the city, said streets being for the primary purpose of providing trafficways for moving vehicles. (d) Parking on left of one-way roadway. In the event the highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon such roadway, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such a one-way roadway. SECTION 3: In adopting this ordinance, the City Council finds and determines as follows: 1. The sale of food and beverages by pedestrian vendors is presently inadequately regulated in that: (a) Such sales are frequently carried on in the public right-of-way in violation of municipal laws against the obstruction thereof. (b) Such sales are frequently carried on in violation of municipal laws against the conduct of business outside of an enclosed building. (c) Such sales are frequently carried on in violation of the public health laws of the City. (d) Such sales are frequently carried on as a cover for the sale of narcotics and other dangerous drugs. 2. The regulations imposed by this chapter will provide a more clear and definite means of protecting the public health, safety and welfare from the abovesaid dangers. 3. The sale of food and beverages from pushcarts in the Downtown Business District and in the Civic Center Plaza Area will provide an attractive and useful additional service to those areas if conducted in accordance with the regulations hereby adopted.