§ 9-15-12. Operational requirements for all food trucks.

The following rules shall apply to all food trucks:

A.

Hours.

i.

Vending may take place between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

ii.

A food truck may not vend for longer than four hours of continuous vending.

B.

Parking locational requirements.

i.

Food truck vendors shall not have any exclusive right to any location on public property;

ii.

Food trucks parked in a marked parking space must fit within the width and the length of the marked parking space;

iii.

Occupation of any parking space shall not interfere with the lighting, trees, overhead wires, and/or utilities;

iv.

The food truck vendor shall not block any other vehicle's or pedestrian's ingress or egress, cause traffic congestion, or be parked in any drive aisles or fire lanes;

C.

Vending locational requirements.

i.

No deliveries shall be received from another vehicle while a food truck is vending in a designated on-street vending location;

ii.

Vending shall only take place from the inside of the food truck;

iii.

Vending shall not take place to any person while such person is standing in the street unless said street has been closed to the public pursuant to a special event or street closure permit issued by the city;

iv.

Vending shall not take place to any driver or passenger in a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is stopped at a red light or while in a moving traffic lane; and

v.

Food truck shall not be left unattended while vending.

D.

Signs. No sign shall be displayed except for a sign displaying a menu or signs that are imprinted on the exterior body of a licensed food truck. All signs shall also comply with the applicable provisions of Article IX of the zoning ordinance. The applicable regulations shall include, but not be limited to, that the food truck shall not:

i.

advertise other businesses on the food truck;

ii.

use A-frame signs or remote signs;

iii.

attach balloons or windblown signs to the food truck; or

iv.

use animated or electronic signs.

E.

Noise.

i.

No music or other amplified announcements that are audible outside of the food truck shall be allowed, except as allowed by section 13-1-26 of the city code; and

ii.

Food truck vendors shall comply with the noise code as set forth in section 11-5-1 et seq. of this code including utilizing generators that meet the requirements of the noise code.

F.

Storage. No merchandise, food, equipment, or other item related to the operation of a food truck, other than a trash receptacle required by subsection H below, shall be stored or kept adjacent to the food truck.

G.

Liquid waste. No liquid wastes used in the operation of the food truck or food vending shall be allowed to be discharged from the food truck except into an approved sewerage system as permitted by law.

H.

Trash. Portable receptacles for the disposal of waste materials or other litter shall be provided by the food truck vendor for the use of customers and all food truck vendors shall direct customers to place all waste and litter in the receptacles. All waste shall be removed and disposed of by the food truck vendor. Public trash receptacles shall not be used for compliance with this section. (Ord. No. 4875, 5/17/14, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 4991, 4/16/16, Sec. 1)