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The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional service, and community <br />engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity <br /> <br /> <br />Request for Action <br /> <br />To <br />City Council <br />Item Number <br />8.2 <br /> <br />Meeting Date <br />June 3, 2024 <br />Prepared By <br />Tina Allard, City Clerk <br /> <br />Item Description <br />Ordinance Amendment 24-16: Food Trucks <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner <br />Tina Allard <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Adopt, by motion, Ordinance 24-16 updating the restrictions on food trucks. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />With summer 2024 kicking off, we'll receive questions regarding allowed food truck locations. Administration, <br />police, and parks & recreation staff reviewed the current regulations with the intent that everyone leaving the <br />meeting would understand the regulations, and we could provide consistent messaging. <br /> <br />During the meeting, a few changes to the regulations were requested as follows: <br /> <br />Parking of Food Trucks <br />▪ Changing from a paved surface to an approved surface. This definition would be more consistent with <br />other areas of the code and allow trucks to be parked on asphalt, concrete, and Class 5 surfaces. <br />▪ Increasing the number of spaces a truck could occupy from two to three. The staff felt the two spaces <br />were a more comfortable fit and safer for people around a truck. <br /> <br />Downtown District <br />Food trucks are not permitted downtown during the River's Edge concerts. City events can change <br />downtown, so the language was changed to be more generic to include any city events unless authorized by <br />the City Council. <br /> <br />City Approval in Parks <br />This is a housekeeping item to have language consistency throughout the code because job descriptions can <br />change. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />N/A <br /> <br />Page 430 of 464