Section 7-5-14
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Maximum noise level50 dBA
All noise associated with the mobile restaurant—including the operation of the mobile restaurant, music, or use of a generator—shall be no louder than 50 dBA at 100 ft. away.
Other
- A-frame sign max area per side6 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
1 A-framed sign not to exceed 4 ft. in height and 6 sq. ft. of display for each of the two sides.
- A-frame sign max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
1 A-framed sign not to exceed 4 ft. in height and 6 sq. ft. of display for each of the two sides.
- No liquid waste discharge
No liquid wastes shall be discharged from a mobile restaurant.
- Operation hours
Mobile restaurants may operate between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and between 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday (including set-up and break-down) on any one day at any single location.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from brick-and-mortar restaurant entrance100 ft
No mobile restaurant shall locate within 100 ft. of an entrance to any brick-and-mortar restaurant.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from fire hydrants, FDC, driveways, alleys, disabled parking15 ft
Mobile restaurants shall also be positioned at least 15 ft. away from fire hydrants, any fire department connection (FDC), driveway entrances, alleys, and disabled parking spaces.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from single/two-family residential50 ft
No mobile restaurant shall locate within 50 ft. of a single family or two-family residential use.
- Trash removal daily
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.
Parking
- Must be on dustless, paved, or hard surface
Mobile restaurants must be parked on a dustless, paved, or hard surface. Parking on grass in prohibited.
From the ordinance
All noise associated with the mobile restaurant—including the operation of the mobile restaurant, music, or use of a generator—shall be no louder than 50 dBA at 100 ft. away. ... No mobile restaurant shall locate within 100 ft. of an entrance to any brick-and-mortar restaurant.