City of Gainesville - File #: 070209.

• File #: 070209.
• Version: 3
• Name: VENDING BOOTHS AND ITINERANT FOOD VENDORS (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/23/2008
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 7/14/2008
• Title: VENDING BOOTHS AND ITINERANT FOOD VENDORS (B) Ordinance No. 0-07-75; Petition 80TCH-07PB An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Chapter 19 and Chapter 30 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances, relating to itinerant food vendors; amending Section 30-61(c) to add itinerant food vendors as a permitted use in the General Business (BUS) zoning district subject to limitations and in accordance with Chapter 19, Article IV; amending Article IV of Chapter 19 by revising the definitions of vending booths and itinerant food vending conveyances; imposing size limitations and standards and clarifying the permit procedures, requirements and regulations for both vending booths and itinerant food vending conveyances; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/14/2008	3	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading, as amended (Ordinance)	Pass
6/23/2008	3	City Commission	Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
8/13/2007	1	City Commission	Approved (Petition)	Pass

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VENDING BOOTHS AND ITINERANT FOOD VENDORS (B)

Ordinance No. 0-07-75; Petition 80TCH-07PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Chapter 19 and Chapter 30 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances, relating to itinerant food vendors; amending Section 30-61(c) to add itinerant food vendors as a permitted use in the General Business (BUS) zoning district subject to limitations and in accordance with Chapter 19, Article IV; amending Article IV of Chapter 19 by revising the definitions of vending booths and itinerant food vending conveyances; imposing size limitations and standards and clarifying the permit procedures, requirements and regulations for both vending booths and itinerant food vending conveyances; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT

This Petition amends Section 30-61(c) and Section 19-97(8)(c) of the City of Gainesville Land Development Code to allow itinerant food vendors in the General Business (BUS) zoning district in association with retailers over 50,000 square feet in size.

An "itinerant food vendor" is defined in Section 19-91 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances as a person, corporation, company or business that sells immediately consumable food products and non-alcoholic beverage items from a nonpermanent structure at a fixed location on private property. In other words, itinerant food vendors sell products from small, mobile vending carts, trailer-mounted units or vehicles that are typically (and often appropriately) found in places exhibiting relatively high pedestrian volumes, such as downtown or in front of a large-format retail store such as a Wal-Mart or Home Depot. Currently, itinerant food vendors are only allowed in the MU-1 and MU-2 zoning districts.

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