A. Within the Detail Site Review overlay zone as described in section 18.4.2.040.C, outdoor eating areas and food vendors are among the required elements of the Detail Site Review Plaza Space Standards (section 18.4.2.040.D.2). Where food trucks, food carts, and associated outdoor eating areas can operate within existing approved plaza space without alteration of the existing site plan, a food vendor must obtain a ministerial food truck permit but no further land use approval is required.

B. Within the C-1, CM-NC, CM-MU, CM-OE, CM-CI, E-1, HC, M-1, NM-C, and NN-1-3.5-C zones, food trucks and food carts may operate within existing private parking lots where there are at least five off-street parking spaces in place, the existing approval did not include mixed use or joint use parking credits, and no more than 20 percent of the required off-street parking spaces are proposed to be used by food trucks and food carts. Food truck, food cart, and associated accessory item placment shall not interfere with vehicular or pedestrian circulation on site. A food vendor must obtain a ministerial food truck permit but no further land use approval is required.

C. Within the C-1-D zone, the operation of a food truck or food cart requires a conditional use permit under chapter 18.5.4.

D. No more than three food trucks or food carts may be approved on a single property under a ministerial food truck permit.

E. Food truck courts or pods, or the operation of food trucks and food carts on private property outside of existing parking areas or approved plaza space, require site design review approval under chapter 18.5.2.

F. Short-term operation of a food truck or food cart outside of the parameters of subsections A and B above may be permitted as a short-term event pursuant to section 18.2.2.030.H.2.

G. Ministerially approved food trucks and food carts are not permitted to operate within public rights-of-way.

H. Food truck vendors shall obtain a business license, food truck permit, register for and pay applicable food and beverage tax, and receive any requisite inspections from the Building and Fire Departments and the Jackson County Environmental Public Health Department. Approved City and County permits shall be displayed on the food truck or food cart, and the food truck vendor is responsible for compliance with all permit requirements.

I. Utilities. Food truck vendors must provide their own water. Wastewater must be disposed of in an approved location. Connections to temporary power are permitted. If generators are used, they shall comply with the noise regulations in chapter 9.08.

J. Signage. Signage shall be limited to any signage on the food truck or cart and one portable business sign (sandwich board or A-frame) which shall be removed when the food truck or cart is not in operation. Portable business signs shall not be placed within the public rights-of-way.

K. Trash and Recycling. Food truck vendors shall provide trash and recycling containers within ten feet of the truck or cart during operations, and any trash related to the food vendor within 50 feet not placed in the containers shall be removed by the vendor at the end of the day. Trash and recycling containers shall be removed from the premises when the food truck is not in operation.

L. Duration. A food truck shall not remain on a property for more than five consecutive days.

M. Polystyrene Foam. Food truck vendors shall be subject to the prohibition on the use of polystyrene foam food packaging in chapter 9.20. (Ord. 3216 § 4, added, 03/15/2023)