ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 18 of the CODE of the City of Peoria Pertaining to Licensing of MOBILE FOOD VEHICLES. (Refer to Item No. 15-163)
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BACKGROUND:
On April 14, 2015, the City Council considered an ordinance that would permit mobile food vehicles, or "food trucks," to operate from the public right-of-way both within a defined "Downtown Business District" and outside of that area (Item 15-093). The City Council first voted to split the question between inside and outside of Downtown. The Council voted to approve the licensing ordinance for Downtown but deferred until May 12, 2015 consideration of rules permitting operation of food trucks outside of Downtown. On May 12, 2015, the Council approved staff's request for an additional two week deferral until May 26, 2015.
At the April 14, 2015 meeting, the City Council asked staff to consider two factors in creating rules for operating outside of downtown. First, Councilman Montelongo suggested that staff create maps showing the specific areas in each Council District in which food trucks would be allowed to legally operate. Second, Council discussed limiting the number of food trucks that could operate outside of downtown, either in general or by District (i.e. a limit of two licenses granted per District).
Staff considered both subjects. The attached ordinance amends the ordinance that was limited to Downtown operations (including the amendment approved on May 12, 2015 to strengthen the language regarding provision of a record of sales). A redline version showing additions to the base Downtown-only ordinance is also attached. The ordinance does not prescribe legal operating locations. In reviewing the City's street system, staff found very few viable right-of-way operating locations. In fact, in the 4th District for example, there appears to be no parking spot from which a licensed food truck ...
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