Legal Documents of Maryville

All mobile food vendors shall be subject to the following regulations on private property:

1. Existing restaurants. Other than an ice cream truck, no mobile food vendor shall operate within fifty feet (50') of a door intended for regular public use of a lawfully established eating establishment that is open for business (other than another mobile food vendor vehicle) unless the mobile food vendor provides documentation which is signed by the restaurant owner or operator that the restaurant owner or operator has no objection to a closer proximity.
2. Location. Mobile food vendors will be permitted on private property according to the terms and conditions herein. On commercially zoned property, MFVs may only operate on private commercial property on which there is another existing, legal and active business operation. No MFV shall be permitted to operate on a vacant lot or on private commercial property on which there is no other existing, legal and active business unless the property is in use as a mobile food park. No MFV on private, commercially zoned property shall do business or operate within fifty feet (50') of any property line of any lot used for residential purposes. On residentially zoned property, MFVs may only operate according to the requirements of § 9-909 below. An MFV must have written permission from the property owner for operating on each private lot. The MFV must provide a copy of such written permission on demand to city officials.
3. Hours of operation. No mobile food vendor shall operate outside the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. At the end of each business day's operation, the mobile food vendor shall remove from the property the mobile food vendor vehicle and all materials associated with the business, unless participating in a city permitted special event that allows the overnight parking of mobile food vendor vehicles during the special event.
4. Mobile food parks. The operation and location of mobile food parks shall be determined by the procedures as outlined in § 14-211(29) of this code. (1999 Code, § 9-1104, as amended by Ord. #2021-22, May 2021)