12 - Amend Zoning Ordinance to establish regulations for mobile food units and food truck parks

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Pi) B1 4CI :k 5'06/20!l D. Food Truck Parks 1. The City shall allow for Food Truck Parks as an acceptable land use in accordance with Section 8 of the Zoning Ordinance. A Food Truck Park shall be allowed by Specific Use Permit (SUP) in the General Retail (GR), Commercial (C), Light Industrial (LI) and Heavy Industrial (HI) zoning districts. A Food Truck Park shall be considered a primary use on a property and therefore is subject to all development standards applicable to the zoning of the property, including off-street parking requirements. All Food Truck Parks shall require a Certificate of Occupancy and be subject to the following requirements: a. All Food Truck Parks shall comply with all applicable regulations of the Lamar County Health District, adopted building codes, International Fire Code, this chapter, and all other applicable federal state and local laws. All Food Truck Parks shall be on legally platted lots. b. All Mobile Food Units shall be removed from the Food Truck Park upon closing of the park. If a commissary is provided on-site and the Mobile Food Unit is approved to use the site's commissary, then the Mobile Food Unit will not have to be removed from the site each day. c. On-site Manager: There must be a designated manager of the site that is responsible for the orderly organization of Mobile Food Units, the cleanliness of the site, and the site's compliance with all rules and regulations during business hours. d. Utility Service Required: Each site at the food truck court on which a food truck will be located and operated shall be provided hookups for electricity and potable water. Each individual food truck is not permitted to operate a generator at the site unless emergency circumstances necessitate the need for the use of a generator on a temporary basis not to exceed two hours within any given six hour period of time. e. Restrooms: Permanent restrooms located within a permitted building or structure must be provided on-site within the food truck court for the use of the food trucks' and the food truck court's customers, operators and employees. The minimum number and type of restrooms shall be determined based on the occupant load of the food truck court. Such restroom(s) must remain open and available for use at all times during which the food truck court is being used. No portable or temporary restrooms shall be allowed. f. Food Truck Parks may be standalone establishments or may be located on a property with other permanent uses (i.e. retail establishments). These properties shall be designed to be able to accommodate all required development standards for all primary uses. g. Food Truck Parks that are eligible to sell alcohol may do so provided they meet the -5