HEALTH & SAFETY REQUIREMENTS: Food vendors must check with the Greene County Combined Health District, 360 Wilson Drive, Xenia, OH 45385 (937-374-5600) for food handling and license requirements. Food vendors using charcoal must have fire extinguishers. The Greene County Combined Health District, Miami Township Fire Department and Yellow Springs Electric department inspect all booths the day of the event for adherence to these requirements. Provide a Certificate
of Liability Insurance.
WATER GUIDELINES: Water hook ups are available on a limited basis; hook up fee is $35. You must provide your own food grade hoses equipped with backflow preventers.
ELECTRICITY GUIDELINES: Electrical hookups are available on a limited basis; hookup fee is $60.00 for 4,000 watts; one plug is 1000 watts. Vendors MUST use U.L. Certified 10 or 12 ga. wire extension cords. Only 120-volt plug-in hookups are allowed. Any vendor requiring more than 4,000 watts MUST SUPPLY A GENERATOR to be noted on the application. 220-volt or hard-wired connections are strictly prohibited.
FIRE SAFETY FOR FOOD VENDORS:
• No gasoline, gas, charcoal, or other cooking device or any other unapproved open flames are permitted inside a tent or under a canopy. Unvented deep-fryers may not be inside a tent or under a canopy.
• All food vendors who are cooking and/or heating food must provide at least one working ABC- or BC-type fire extinguisher near their cooking area.
• Any food vendor wishing to utilize the Village of Yellow Springs’ electrical service or a generator must use UL-certified, defect-free, 10 or 12 gauge extension cords. Cords that do not meet this requirement will be removed from service. Please note that the Village’s electrical service is provided in 20-amp increments; if accessing it, you need to know what your appliances’ amp draw is.
• Multi-plug electrical adaptors, such as cube adaptors, unfused plug strips or any other device not complying with the National Electrical Code are prohibited and will be removed from service.
• Vendor spaces, including tents and other overhangs, may not extend into the designated fire lanes maintained during the Street Fair. These fire lanes are maintained on the west side of Xenia Avenue (US 68).
• Smoking is prohibited beneath any tent or canopy, and inside any mobile food units. If a mobile food unit has a fuel source other than the vehicle fuel tank, smoking is also prohibited within 10 feet of the unit.
• Any spare LP gas cylinders required for cooking must be kept outside of the tent or canopy when not in use.
• Blocking fire protection equipment: Mobile food units cannot block fire lanes, fire hydrants, or other fire protection equipment.
• Portable fire extinguishers: All mobile food units are required to have at least one (1) 5-pound ABC portable fire extinguisher. Open air hand propelled carts that do not have fossil fuel powered equipment (i.e. a hot dog cart) are not required to have a portable fire extinguisher. For all other mobile food units, one 5-pound portable fire extinguisher must be located in the unit and must be readily accessible by the operator of the unit. Additionally, any mobile food unit that utilizes cooking equipment involving solid fuels or vegetable or animal oils and fats must also have at least one Class K rated portable fire extinguisher. This is in addition to the one 5-pound ABC extinguisher that is required in all mobile food units.
• Separation distance: Mobile food units, regardless of the unit’s location within Ohio, that are parked and in an operational status (i.e. – the unit is being used for cooking with a fuel or electrical powered device or other heat source) must be separated other mobile food units that are parked and operating by a clear space distance of three (3) feet.
• Generators: The following provisions now apply for generator use.
o Generators that service a mobile food unit cannot be fueled while the mobile food unit is in operation.
o Generators cannot be fueled while the generator is in use.
o Generators cannot be fueled until the generator has been turned off and the surface temperature of both the engine and the fuel tank are below the autoignition temperature of the fuel.
o Generators cannot be operated, used or fueled within the occupant space of the mobile food unit.