Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/29/2022

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(4) Mobile food unit locations are limited to private property located in a COR, Business, or Employment District as listed in Chapter 117. (5) Mobile food units shall be located on an asphalt or concrete surface. (6) The owner/operator must provide trash/recycling receptacles for customer use and keep the site in a neat and orderly fashion, free from litter, refuse, debris, junk or other waste which results in offensive odors or unsightly conditions. (7) Temporary freestanding signage is permitted in the form of up to two "A" frame or sandwich boards not to exceed six sauare feet per side. The signs must be placed within 10 feet of the mobile food unit. (8) Mobile food units cannot be located within 100 feet of the main entrance of a restaurant or any outdoor dining area. This provision may be waived with written permission from the restaurant business owner. (9) Mobile food units must vacate the property between 11:00 pm and 8:00 am the followinm day and return to its commissary kitchen or permanent registered business location. In no case shall a mobile food unit be open for business while the business at the property is closed. (A) Exception. A mobile food unit may remain in place overnight in conjunction with a multi -day special event permit. (10) Deviations from the standards above may be considered with a special event permit. SECTION 4. AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE SECTION 26 The current City Code Section 26, Article XIX, is added as follows (additions indicated by underlined text): Chanter 26 Article XIX - Mobile Food Units Sec. 26-870 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. (A) Purpose. This chapter is enacted to establish standards for the regulation of mobile food units to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the city. (B) Objectives. The general objectives of this chapter are as follows: (1) To ensure standards for the proper placement and operation of mobile food units. (2) To meet consumer expectations of the safety of mobile food units. (3) To ensure the temporary nature of this type of business. (C) Scope. This chapter is applicable to all mobile food units where food, meals, snacks, beverages, or ingredients thereof are stored, prepared, or sold for consumption on or off the premises. Sec. 26-871 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or reauires a different meaning. CITY. The City of Ramsey and its designated employees or person -in -charges. MOBILE FOOD UNIT. A self-contained food service operation, located in a readily movable motorized wheeled or towed vehicle, used to store, prepare, display or serve food intended for individual portion service that is readily movable without disassembling, or as defined in M.S.'$ 157.15, Subd. 9. Sec. 26-872 LICENSE ADMINISTRATION.