A. Location:
1. When allowed in the use regulations applicable to a specific zoning category, mobile food trucks and mobile food trailers may be:
a. Located in a private parking lot with property owner approval for that location; or
b. Parked parallel to the curb in a public right-of-way.
2. Mobile food trailers, in addition to the other provisions of this section, shall comply with the following standards when operated within the public right-of-way:
a. They shall not be unhitched or left unconnected from the tow vehicle; and
b. When combined with the tow vehicle, shall not exceed the shorter of forty feet (40') in length or more than two parking stalls.
3. In residential zones, mobile food trucks and mobile food trailers are not allowed except when part of a special event on private property.
B. Parked In Private Parking Lot: When parked in a private parking lot, a mobile food truck or a mobile food trailer shall:
1. Have customer access to a permanent bathroom facility;
2. Be located on an improved portion of the lot; and
3. Be located on a lot where an occupied business is operating.
C. Parked In Public Right-Of-Way: When parked in the public right-of-way, a mobile food truck or mobile food trailer:
1. May only be parked for the applicable period of time allowed on the street where the food truck or food trailer is located;
2. Is limited to operating on any one linear block once per day;
3. Is limited to one mobile food truck or mobile food trailer per linear block;
4. May have a maximum two foot (2') canopy extension projecting toward the public sidewalk;
5. May only occupy legal parallel parking with the serving window facing the public sidewalk;
6. May not supply street furnishings other than a garbage can located next to the truck or trailer;
7. May not, except with the permission of the restaurant, operate in the right-of-way in front of that portion of a building housing a restaurant on the main floor; and
8. May not, except with the permission of the property owner, operate immediately adjacent to a lot or parcel whose primary use is for a church, synagogue or similar permanent building used for regular religious worship.
D. Conditions That Apply: Regardless of where a mobile food truck or mobile food trailer is operated or parked, the following conditions apply:
1. A truck or trailer shall not operate within one hundred feet (100') of a sidewalk vending cart.
2. All signs are limited to those that are permanent and physically attached to the truck or trailer.
3. The operator shall provide trash and recycling containers which shall be removed from site when the truck or trailer leaves site.
4. Trucks and trailers are to be maintained in a neat and professional manner.
5. Hours of operation are between seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. with no overnight parking except at commissary location.
6. Trucks are not allowed to idle.
7. Music is allowed provided it does not exceed the noise ordinance.
(Ord. 2017-38, 8-22-2017; amd. Ord. 2022-5, 2-1-2022)