(a) Food Truck Notification. A Mobile Food Truck Vendor is required to inform the Village Manager or their designee at least 10 business days prior to each operation of its Food Truck in the Village, which notification must include the location and times the Mobile Food Truck Vendor will be operating its Food Truck. This requirement applies to all types of operations, including for block parties and special events, other than participation in the Village's Food Truck Summer Series.
(b) Operating Times. Mobile Food Vendors are permitted to operate a Food Truck(s) for the longer of: (i) four hours in a single location on a particular day; or (ii) the duration of a special event if the Mobile Food Vendor or the event organizer has secured a special event permit.
(c) Operating Frequency. A residential or commercial property may not host a Mobile Food Vendor more then once a month.
(d) Operating on the Public Right-of-Way.
(1) Mobile Food Vendors may operate on a public right-of-way or Village property only if the Mobile Food Vendor is conducting business as part of a Village or Park District sponsored event, or at a Village approved special event.
(2) A Village resident may host an Ice Cream Truck on a public right-out-way adjacent to the resident's property once per week for no more than 30 minutes. An Ice Cream Truck may not park on a public right-of-way unless it has obtained the express permission of the resident whose property is adjacent to the public right-of-way.
(3) Ice Cream Trucks are prohibited from driving around the Village playing music on loud speakers to solicit business.
(e) Private Property Events.
(1) A Mobile Food Vendor is prohibited from parking and delivering food or operating on a single-family residential property unless the property owner has obtained from the Village a special event permit and the food is consumed on the premises designated on the special event license.
(2) A Mobile Food Vendor may park and serve food on a multifamily residential property provided that the Mobile Food Vendor obtains permission from the property owner and serves only that property's residents and guests.
(3) A Mobile Food Vendor may park and serve food on a commercial property, such as at a hotel or office building, provided that the Mobile Food Vendor obtains permission from the property owner and serves only the property's employees and guests.
(4) A Mobile Food Vendor may park and serve food at a school, provided that the Mobile Food Vendor obtains permission from the school and serves only the school's students, employees, and their guests.
(f) Mass Food Delivery Prohibited. Mobile Food Vendors are prohibited from selling food and beverages from a Food Truck unless the food and beverages are primary consumed on or immediately adjacent to the premises where the Mobile Food Vendor makes the sale or delivery. (Ord. 0-24-02, 1-16-2024)