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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1710 Page two are carried for purposes of retail sale on the public streets pose special dangers to the public health, safety and welfare of children and residents in the City of Santa Ana. It is the purpose and intent of the City Council, in enacting this article, to provide responsible companies and individuals who engage in the operation of ice cream trucks with clear and concise regulations to prevent safety, traffic and health hazards, as well as to preserve the peace, safety and welfare of the community. Sec. 36-451. Definitions. As used in this article: (a) Ice Cream Truck means any vehicle, as that term is defined in the California Vehicle Code, which is equipped or primarily used for retail sales on any public street, alley or highway within the City of Santa Ana of ice cream, ice milk, popsicles, sherbets, frozen yogurt, frozen dessert products and confections of any kind. The inventory of these vehicles is not necessarily limited to ice cream, confections or frozen dessert products. (b) Frozen Dessert Product includes ice cream, ice milk, popsicles, frozen yogurt, confections and chilled desserts of any kind. (c) Person means any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, stockholder and includes, but is not limited to, owners, operators, drivers, lessors and lessees of ice cream trucks. (d) Vend or Vending means offering frozen dessert products of any kind for sale from a motor vehicle on a street, alley, highway or public place within the City of Santa Ana and includes the movement or standing of an ice cream truck for the purpose of searching for, obtaining or soliciting retail sales of frozen dessert products. (e) Ice Cream Vendor shall mean any person, as defined in this article, who (1) conducts or permits or causes the operation of ice cream trucks; (2) owns, operates, controls, manages or leases ice cream trucks; ~or (3) contracts with persons to drive and vend from ice cream trucks.