A. Mobile Food Business Allowed:
1. Persons selling food or beverages from mobile food businesses may do so by use of private property only, unless otherwise permitted under title 5, chapter 5.69 of this Code. Use of private property by mobile food businesses shall be arranged with the real property owner and proof of such property owner authorization shall be required prior to the issuance of a business license.
2. Mobile food businesses are allowed only within the SNB, CN, CB, CS, CC, CSHBD, CG, TSA, M-1, M-2, D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, G-MU, RP, BP, UI, MH, MU, R-MU, R-MU-35, and R-MU-45 Zones, in accordance with the provisions of this section.
3. Provisions found in this section shall not apply to vending carts, mobile ice cream vendors, seasonal farm stands and other temporary merchants or uses that are specifically authorized by this title or other City ordinances.
B. Business License And Fees Required: No mobile food business shall continue in operation unless the holder thereof has paid an annual business regulatory fee and has met all applicable requirements as set forth in section 5.04.070 of this Code, or its successor section for each mobile food business.
C. Separate Applications: Separate business license applications may be required for each mobile food business. Separate business license fees shall be required for each mobile food business vehicle operating under one business license.
D. Business Activity To Be Temporary: All business activity related to mobile food businesses shall be of a temporary nature subject to the requirements below:
1. A mobile food truck may not park in one individual location for more than twelve (12) hours during any twenty four (24) hour period.
2. The mobile food truck shall be occupied by the owner or operator thereof at all times.
3. No overnight parking is allowed.
E. Location And Placement Requirements: The business operating location must be on private property, on City streets as defined in title 5, chapter 5.69 of this Code, within the specified zones, or as otherwise authorized by applicable City ordinance, subject to the requirements below:
1. Parking on a park strip, or otherwise landscaped area is not allowed.
2. A mobile food business shall park on a hard surface. Alternatives to asphalt and cement may be approved by the transportation engineer if the applicant is able to demonstrate that the alternative will not result in the accumulation of debris on the City right-of-way.
3. Mobile food business vehicles must be parked so that neither the vehicle nor the customers block driveways of existing buildings or uses, or in such a manner as to create a traffic hazard.
4. No mobile food business shall occupy required parking stalls of the primary use.
5. No mobile food business shall interfere with the internal parking lot circulation.
6. Mobile food businesses shall not use the public right-of-way unless otherwise allowed by ordinance.
7. Any auxiliary power required for the operation of the mobile food truck shall be self-contained. No use of public or private power sources are allowed without providing written consent from the owner.
8. Unless licensed prior to January 1, 2013, a parked mobile food business shall conform to all requirements in the Salt Lake City vehicle idling ordinances (title 12, chapter 12.58 of this Code).
9. All materials generated from a mobile food business that are to be disposed of should be disposed of properly. It is illegal to discharge or dispose of any substance, material, food, or waste into the storm drain system. (Sections 17.84.100, prohibition of discharge into storm drain system; 17.36.220, prohibition against opening manhole covers, of this Code.)
10. Mobile food businesses shall comply with all other applicable City ordinances.
Provisions found in this section shall not apply to downtown vendors, vending carts, mobile ice cream vendors, seasonal farm stands and other temporary merchants or uses that are specifically authorized by this title or other City ordinances.
F. Design And Operation Guidelines: Mobile food trucks operating in the public right-of-way shall comply with the following design requirements:
1. Mobile food truck vehicles shall be designed to meet all applicable Salt Lake Valley Health Department requirements relating to the handling and distribution of food.
2. The mobile food truck shall not have a drive-through.
3. Mobile food truck vehicles shall be kept in good operating condition, no peeling paint or rust shall be visible.
4. No mobile food truck vehicle operating in the public right-of- way shall operate within the same block face as another mobile food vendor at any one time.
5. No mobile food truck vehicle shall operate within one hundred feet (100') on the same linear block face of a door to a restaurant, mobile food vendor, food cart, or City authorized special event selling food, except:
a. The above requirement may be waived if the application is submitted with the written consent of the proprietor of such restaurant or shop. The consent shall be on forms deemed appropriate by the Business License Administrator. Such waiver shall not exempt the applicant from compliance with the other location and distance restrictions of this section.
6. All grounds utilized by a mobile food business shall at all times be maintained in a clean and attractive condition.
7. Trash and recycling containers shall be provided for use of the business patrons.
8. Mobile food businesses shall source local products when available.
9. Any enclosures or canopy extensions must be integrated into the design of the mobile food business vehicle and must not project onto the public sidewalk or any other part of the public right-of-way not authorized by the Transportation Division.
G. Signs: No signs shall be used to advertise the conduct of a mobile food business at the premises other than that which is physically attached to the vehicle, except temporary signs authorized by section 21A.46.055 of this title.
H. Professional And Personal Services Prohibited: The performance of professional or personal services for sale shall not be provided from a mobile food business.
I. Approved Kitchen: If the mobile food business includes an area for food preparation and/or sale, it must be approved by the Salt Lake Valley Health Department. (Ord. 46-17, 2017: Ord. 24-12, 2012)