Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- brick-and-mortar restaurant entrance
- Applies within
- 100 ft
- Geographic extent
- Mobile food units must be at least 100 feet from any brick-and-mortar restaurant entrance unless permission is granted.
Extracted standards
19 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Noise compliance with chapter 24
All noise associated with the mobile food unit shall comply with chapter 24, article II of this Code pertaining to noise control.
Other
- Application requirements
Applications for a mobile food unit shall provide: business license, health permit, registration, written permission, description, sketch, and fee.
- Permits must be displayed
The mobile food unit must conspicuously display the approved permits for public inspection.
- Maximum consecutive hours on site12 hours
No mobile food unit shall remain on-site at a single location for more than 12 consecutive hours.
- Minimum distance from brick-and-mortar restaurant entrance100 ft
No mobile food unit shall locate within 100 feet of an entrance to any brick-and-mortar restaurant unless permission by the owner is provided.
- No liquid or solid waste discharge
No liquid or solid wastes shall be discharged from a mobile food unit.
- No permit for fairs/festivals with zoning permit
Permit and fee shall not be required for individual mobile food unit if the operator is participating in a fair, festival, or similar event on private property, after the approval of a zoning permit.
- No additional permit for private events
No additional permit shall be required for the location or setup of a mobile food unit on private property for the catering or providing of food service to a private, temporary event.
- No tables or chairs for patrons
No tables or chairs for patron use may be set up in association with the mobile food unit.
- Not on fire lanes or rights-of-way
No mobile food unit shall park on any fire lane, road, or right-of-way, whether public or private.
- Operation hours Friday-Saturday
Mobile food units may operate between 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
- Operation hours Sunday-Thursday
Mobile food units may operate between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Sunday to Thursday.
- Permit valid through December 31
A mobile food unit permit is valid through December 31 of the year upon which the permit was issued.
- Permitted only as per article VI
Mobile food units shall be only permitted as provided in article VI, use matrix, of this ordinance.
- Tent size
One ten-by-ten-foot tent and one table, that fits underneath the tent, may be utilized to provide condiments to patrons.
- Trash receptacles and removal
Trash receptacles shall be provided, and all trash, refuse, or recyclables generated by the mobile food unit shall be removed from the site by the operator at the end of the business day.
- Visibility clearance width3 ft
A three feet wide area of visibility clearance must be maintained around the mobile food unit.
Parking
- No conversion of required parking spaces
No parking space that satisfies the minimum parking requirements of this ordinance shall be converted into a parking space or vending area to accommodate a mobile food unit.
Signage
- Signage restrictions
No signs shall be displayed except those permanently affixed to the vehicle, one A-frame sign not to exceed four feet in height and six square feet of display per side, and sign cannot block passageways.
From the ordinance
Mobile food units 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. ... No mobile food unit shall locate within 100 feet of an entrance to any brick-and-mortar restaurant.