Due to severe traffic problems on its streets, a city enacte…
Due to severe traffic problems on its streets, a city enacted an ordinance prohibiting all sales to the public of food or other items by persons selling directly from trucks, cars, or other vehicles located on city streets. The ordinance includes an inseverable grandfather provision, exempting vendors who, for 20 years or more, have continuously sold food or other items from such vehicles located on the city’s streets.An ice cream vendor is the only food vendor in the city that qualifies for this exemption. A yogurt vendor has a similar business, except he has been selling to the public only for the past 10 years. The yogurt vendor filed suit in an appropriate federal district court to enjoin enforcement of this ordinance, arguing that it denies him equal protection of the laws.In this case, the court will probably rule that the ordinance is: