The city council expressly finds that vehicles in which goods or merchandise are carried for purposes of retail sale on the public and private streets, and vehicles from which hot and/or cold food prepared in the vehicle and/or pre-packaged are sold or offered for sale, pose traffic hazards and special dangers to the public health, safety and welfare of children and residents in the city. It is the purpose and intent of the city council, in enacting this chapter, to provide responsible companies and persons who engage in the operation of food vending from vehicles 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. (Ord. 513 §1 (Exh. A), 2006).