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Page 1 of 2 AGENDA ITEM – 1C MEMORANDUM DATE: February 22, 2022 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator SUBJECT: Food Truck Update Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A For Council Consideration Council should provide direction on the status of any updates to the City’s rules regulating food trucks. Background Following discussion at Council worksessions, the City Council considered updates to its Food Truck Ordinance at its June 14, 2021 City Council meeting (full memo and attachments are included under Attachment A of this memo). At the meeting, Council decided to table the item to a future worksession for further discussion. The proposed updates would have imposed the following: • Requiring the property owner/event host to obtain permit to host a food truck (similar to garage sales) • Limiting the number of times a residential property could host a food truck to two events per calendar year • Set an administrative penalty for violations of the ordinance ($100) As the ordinance stands today, a residential property can host a food truck, but the sales are limited to those attending a private/catered event, such as, a wedding or graduation party. From an enforcement perspective, it is difficult for the City to define what is considered a “private” event versus what constitutes sales to the general public. Non-residential properties are allowed to host food trucks and make sales to the general public, for example, Mounds View High School could host a food truck and make sales to the general public. In 2021, the City issued 24 food truck licenses. Of those licenses, approximately 10 were for non-residential properties, such as, the University of Northwestern, Mounds View High School or Valentine Hills Elementary hosting a food truck. The remaining 14 licenses were residential properties hosting food trucks.