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ZOA No. 2022-04 (Outdoor Dining) & ZOA No. 2022-05 (Mobile Food Trucks) <br />December 6, 2022 <br />Page 3 <br />3 <br />0 <br />9 <br />0 <br />Topic Proposed Regulations <br />Operational Standards 1. Require proper maintenance of the outdoor dining area and development <br />site. <br />2. Require that the hours of operation be consistent with the eating <br />establishment. <br />3. Require that the sale and consumption of alcohol be in accordance with <br />an approved Conditional Use Permit. <br />4. Prohibit outdoor cooking. <br />Parking Requirements Reduce the number of required off-street parking for outdoor dining areas. <br />Outdoor dining areas of 500 square feet or less serving an eating <br />establishment of less than 2,500 square feet will not be required to provide <br />additional off-street parking. Outdoor dining areas less than 25-percent of the <br />gross floor area of the eating establishment or 1,000 square feet, whichever <br />is smaller, will continue to be exempt from providing additional parking as <br />currently allowed per the SAMC. Outdoor dining areas exceeding these <br />thresholds will require to provide off-street parking at a rate of one parking <br />space per 250 square feet of outdoor dining area. In addition, parking <br />exemptions have been included to allow up to three required parking spaces <br />to be converted into outdoor dining for an integrated development site and up <br />to 25-percent of the required parking spaces for a stand-alone eating <br />establishment site. <br />Executive Director <br />Modifications <br />Establish an administrative modification process that allows the Executive <br />Director to grant modifications based on special circumstances and findings. <br />Permit Enforcement, <br />Modification, Revocation & <br />Termination <br />Establish an enforcement, modification, revocation, and termination process <br />in which the outdoor dining permit can be revoked or modified by the City if <br />the outdoor dining area turns into a public nuisance. In addition, it will <br />establish a termination process in the event that the outdoor dining area is <br />unoccupied or untenanted for more than six months. <br />ZOA No. 2022-05 for Mobile Food Trucks <br />The operation of mobile food trucks on private property on a semi-permanent basis is <br />currently not allowed in the City. Mobile food trucks are currently only allowed to operate <br />on a temporary basis during special events on private property through the issuance of <br />a land use certificate by the PBA. ZOA No. 2022-05 proposes to allow mobile food <br />trucks to operate on private property on a semi-permanent basis subject to the approval <br />of a mobile food truck permit by the PBA and operational standards. The proposed <br />operational standards build upon those established by the Take It Outside guidelines. <br />Table 2 below illustrates the proposed mobile food truck regulations that would apply to <br />mobile food trucks operating on private property citywide. <br />Table 2: ZOA No. 2022-05 Proposed Mobile Food Truck Regulations <br />Topic Proposed Regulations <br />Application & Permit Require submittal of an administrative permit application and approval by the <br />PBA for all mobile food trucks proposing to operate on private property. The <br />permit would be required to be renewed yearly. <br />Zone Requirements Allow mobile food trucks to operate as an ancillary use in all mixed use, <br />professional, commercial, and industrials zones. <br />Property & Location <br />Requirements <br />1. Require that mobile food truck can only operate from a private property <br />that is located along and adjacent to an arterial street, as identified by the <br />Mobility Element of the General Plan.