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ZOA No. 2022-04 (Outdoor Dining) & ZOA No. 2022-05 (Mobile Food Trucks) <br />December 6, 2022 <br />Page 4 <br />3 <br />0 <br />9 <br />0 <br />Topic Proposed Regulations <br />2. Require that the private property be in compliance with all applicable <br />development standards, such as parking, landscape, signage, etc. <br />Nonconforming properties will have to provide site enhancements (i.e. <br />new landscaping, trash enclosure, repaving and restriping parking, etc.) <br />to bring the site into closer compliance. <br />3. Prohibit mobile food truck from operating on undeveloped/vacant lots <br />and property developed as a standalone parking lot or a service/gas <br />station. <br />4. Prohibit mobile food trucks from operating on private property that <br />contains an existing eating establishment and/or is located within 300 <br />feet of a site/property containing an eating establishment that operates <br />during the proposed mobile food truck hours of operation. Requirement <br />was modified after the Planning Commission hearing based on <br />feedback from the business community. <br />Number of Mobile Food <br />Trucks per Lot Area <br />Allow one mobile food truck per 10,000 square feet of lot area/integrated <br />development site area, with a maximum of three total. <br />Operational Standards 1. Require compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. <br />2. Prohibit mobile food trucks from operating before 6:00 p.m. and after <br />2:00 a.m. daily. <br />3. Prohibit mobile food trucks from operating after 10:00 p.m. on Sundays <br />through Thursdays and after 11:59 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, if <br />within 200 feet of a property zoned and/or used strictly for residential <br />purposes. <br />4. Prohibit mobile food trucks from operating on properties zoned and/or <br />used strictly for residential purposes. <br />5. Prohibit overnight parking of mobile food trucks on the subject private <br />property. <br />6. Prohibit mobile food trucks from encroaching into any required yards, <br />path of travel, fire lanes, line of sight, etc. <br />7. Require that a unisex restroom be available to employees and <br />customers within 50 feet of the mobile food truck. <br />8. Allow mobile food trucks to have a seating area of up to 350 square feet. <br />9. Require waste receptacles to be provided. <br />10. Require proper maintenance of the mobile food truck and its operations <br />and development site. <br />11. Prohibit the use of generators and require direct connection to an <br />electrical source. <br />Permit Enforcement, <br />Modification, Revocation, <br />& Termination <br />Establish an enforcement, modification, revocation, and termination process <br />in which the mobile food truck permit can be revoked or modified by the City <br />if the operation of the mobile food truck turns into a public nuisance. <br />Consistency with the Santa Ana General Plan <br />The proposed zoning ordinance amendments are consistent with various goals and <br />policies of the Santa Ana General Plan. Goal 2 (Diverse Economic Base) of the <br />Economic Prosperity Element (EP) encourages the maintenance and enhancement of <br />the diversity and regional significance of the City’s economic base. Policy EP-2.6 (Small <br />Business Assistance) supports and encourages small business development, <br />incubators, and microenterprises through start-up assistance and identification of fiscal <br />resources for entrepreneurship. The proposed amendments will provide small eating <br />establishments the ability to expand their operations outdoors and provide