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EOty1� ,.,�� Request for Action <br /> River <br /> To Item Number <br /> Mayor and City Council 8.1 <br /> Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> General Business Aril 2, 2018 Tina Allard, City Clerk <br /> Item Description Reviewed by <br /> Food Trucks Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> Reviewed by <br /> Action Requested <br /> 1. Adopt,by motion, an ordinance amending Chapter 38 regarding Peddler's, Solicitors,Transient <br /> Merchants, and Mobile Food Units. <br /> 2. Adopt,by motion, a resolution for summary publication of the ordinance. <br /> Background/Discussion <br /> Council had held numerous meetings to discuss food trucks. Concern has been centered on where food <br /> trucks should be allowed to park in the downtown zoning district. Consensus at the last meeting was to <br /> allow a designated parking area on King Avenue and on private property in the downtown district,but <br /> only one truck could be allowed in the district at a time. <br /> Since the last meeting,Mayor Dietz contacted me and indicated he would like to see food trucks allowed <br /> to operate during concert nights at the park. He also expressed concerns with one truck monopolizing the <br /> downtown district location. <br /> Below is draft language for discussion at tonight's meeting: <br /> 1) Locations. Mobile food units shall be allowed in public right-of-way only in zoning districts <br /> where retail sales are allowed as permitted or special uses under the city's zoning code. <br /> Except that mobile food units may be located on privately owned property in the <br /> Commercial, and Industrial zoning areas of the city with written property owner permission <br /> and Residential lots as exempted per Section 383 (11). <br /> In the Downtown District only one mobile food unit shall be permitted and is allowed to <br /> operate in the following locations: <br /> a) The designated, signed parking area along King Avenue <br /> b) Privately-owned parking areas <br /> Reservations are not permitted when the city hosts concert nights in River's Edge Park <br /> unless authorized b�tv Council. City Council may further authorize mobile food units in <br /> the downtown district for city-sanctioned activities. <br /> The Elk River Vision <br /> A PehoMing community 2a itb revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional POWERED By <br /> service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity INAWRE1 <br />