55A - RESO TO EXPAND FOOD VENDING

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Food Vending Vehicles July 7, 2020 Page 2 Food Vending Vehicles licensing and operational requirements are regulated under Article 14 of Chapter 36 of the SAMC. However, Section 36-704 of Article 14 specifies the need to obtain approval of a Land Use Certificate in accordance with Section 41-675 of the SAMC when vending on private properties. In response to the business community and the City Council, staff has developed a proposal to expand upon the guidelines by incorporating guidance to temporarily allow Food Vending Vehicles to operate on private properties and certain City -owned parking lots by suspending the permitting requirement of a Land Use Certificate in accordance with Section 41-675 of the SAMC subject to: • registering with the City, • obtaining approval from the owner of the property, • not be operating on a property with a competing business during business hours, and • not using more than 25% of the available parking spaces on the property. All other requirements shall remain in effect and are not proposed to be suspended by the proposed resolution (Exhibit 2). FISCAL IMPACT The application fee for a Land Use Certificate is $422.22. The proposed suspension of the Land Use Certificate requirement is limited to Food Vending Vehicles only and is temporary for the duration of Stage 2 and Stage 3 of the California Resiliency Roadmap. The fee amount not collected from implementation of this proposed program is estimated to reduce the General Fund revenue between five to ten thousand dollars ($51<410K). Submitted By: Minh Thai, Executive Director, Planning and Building Agency Steven Mendoza, Executive Director, Community Development Agency Exhibit: 1. Resolution 55A-2