Laserfiche WebLink
Legal Department <br /> DATE: <br /> MEMO: <br /> TO: Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe&Members of the Decatur City Council <br /> FROM: Scot Wrighton,City Manager <br /> Wendy Morthland,Corporation Counsel <br /> SUBJECT: Ordinance Adding City Code, Chapter 55.1 Mobile Food Units,Temporary Vendor Stands and Food and <br /> Beverage Carts <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the ordinance be adopted. <br /> BACKGROUND: The proposed ordinance allows food trucks everywhere in the city if the zoning permits such a use. The <br /> proposed ordinance allows for the issuance of 12-month permits,and requires that all food truck placements be off the city- <br /> owned right of way and placed a minimum distance from any"bricks-and-mortar"restaurants. The proposed ordinance allows <br /> food trucks to sell their products from 6:00 am to 12:00 midnight,but they have to provide a place for customers to use rest <br /> rooms if they stay in one place for more than 3 hours. Food trucks that are in town for a special event or celebration that is less <br /> than 4 days in length where an umbrella organization is responsible to the city(or other authorized group)for the management of <br /> the special event,including placement of food trucks,then the food truck does not have to get permits(because these <br /> requirements will be met by the event sponsor).All food trucks,however,regardless of the during of sales,must obtain food <br /> handling permits from the county health department. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: Simultaneous action to delete provisions of Chapter 41 and Chapter 67 of the City Code are <br /> required to eliminate overlap or conflict with older(now antiquated)code sections. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: Some downtown restaurants have opposed legislation allowing food truck in the central <br /> business district,despite the limitations and restrictions placed on their operation by the proposed ordinance. <br /> ATTACHMENTS: <br /> Description Type <br /> Ordinance Adding City Code Chapter 55.1 Mobile Food <br /> Units,Temporary Vendor Stands and Food and Beverage Ordinance <br /> Carts <br />