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<br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />City Manager <br /> <br />Date: August 30, 2005 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Executive Director/ <br />From: Planning & Building Agency <br /> <br />Subject: NI/CE COUNCIL COMMITTEE VEHICLE VENDING RECOMMENDA nONS <br /> <br />The Neighborhood Improvement/Code Enforcement (NI/CE) Council Committee has been <br />reviewing vehicle vending operations in Santa Ana since the present regulations were <br />adopted by the City Council in July of 2004. The Committee has expressed concerns with <br />the present approach after a lengthy review that involved numerous public meetings and <br />ample public testimony. This memorandum summarizes the Committee's concerns and <br />proposed provisions to address them. <br /> <br />The NI/CE Council Committee review and public testimony identified concerns including: <br /> <br />· An over-concentration of vending vehicles on several streets, with as many as a <br />dozen trucks in a one or two block area; <br /> <br />· The unsightly appearance of the vehicles' exterior, including graffiti, inconsistent <br />slgnage; <br /> <br />· The safety concerns for pedestrians, particularly children; <br /> <br />· The deterioration of parkways and surrounding areas where the vehicles are parked to <br />vend, which can lead to property maintenance citations being issued to property <br />owners; <br /> <br />· The enforcement regarding unauthorized extended business hours of mobile vending <br />businesses and the Health Department requirements to return to an approved <br />commissary after 8:00 p.m.; <br /> <br />· The overnight parking in residential and commercial districts, which create potential <br />hazards to pedestrians and motor vehicles, reduce available on-street parking; and, <br /> <br />· Vending vehicles conduct businesses within primarily residential zoning districts. <br />These business activities create impacts within the residential neighborhoods, such as <br />increased traffic, increased noise, reduction of available parking, pedestrian <br />congestion, and litter accumulation. <br /> <br />Given these concerns, the NI/CE Council Committee will recommend that the City Council <br />adopt an ordinance at its September 6, 2005, meeting to include the following prohibitions <br />and regulations: <br /> <br />EXHIBIT 1 <br />50A-4 <br />