Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- No music audible outside unless noise permit
No music shall be played that is audible outside of the vehicle unless a noise permit has been applied and approved from the Town of Abingdon.
- Noise level max 50 dBA at 100 feet50 dBA
The operation of the mobile vendor or use of a generator should be no louder than 50 dBA at 100 feet away. Excessive complaints about vehicle or generator noise will be grounds for the Administrator to require that the mobile vendor change location on the site or move to another property.
Other
- Minimum distance from single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. or two-family residential100 ft
No mobile vendor shall locate within 100 feet of a single-family or two-family residential use.
- Minimum distance from similar business100 ft
No mobile vendor shall locate within 100 feet of the entrance to a business that sells similar product (determined by measuring from the edge of the mobile vendor to the main public entrance of the brick-and-mortar establishment) unless permission by the owner of the brick-and-mortar establishment is provided.
- Valid health permit for mobile restaurants
Mobile restaurants must maintain a valid health permit issued by the Virginia Department of Health.
- Mobile vending in movable licensed vehicle
Mobile vending shall occur within a movable licensed vehicle. Mobile vending cannot occur in a nonmotorized structure (detached flatbed, truck beds, tractor trailers, semitruck trailers or other structures).
- Mobile vending vehicles shall not block access
Mobile vending vehicles shall not block: the main entry drive isles or impact pedestrian or vehicular circulation overall; other access to loading areas; or emergency access and fire lanes; and must be positioned at least 15 feet away from fire hydrants, any fire department connection (FDC), driveway entrances, alleys, and handicapped parking spaces.
- No liquid wastes discharged
No liquid wastes shall be discharged from a mobile restaurant.
- Operating hours
A mobile vendor may operate between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and between 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday (including set up and break down) on any one day at any single location, except during national holidays and Town events during which a mobile vendor may operate between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. midnight. The vehicle and all accessory structures shall be removed each day.
- Mobile vending permit and business license required
Mobile vendors must obtain a Town mobile vending permit and a business license from the Town of Abingdon.
- Trash receptacles and removal
Trash receptacles shall be provided, and all trash, refuse, or recyclables generated by the use shall be removed from the site by the operator at the end of the business day.
Signage
- Signage limits4 ft
No signs may be displayed, except: those permanently affixed to the vehicle. One A-framed sign not to exceed four feet in height and six square feet of display for each of the two sides; the sign cannot block any passageways.
From the ordinance
Mobile vendors must obtain a Town mobile vending permit and a business license from the Town of Abingdon.