§ 9-52-93. Zoning districts.

A.

Mobile food preparation vehicles are allowed to operate on sites and city streets, alleys and other public thoroughfares within the Office General (OG); Commercial Mixed Use 1, 2 and 3 (CMU-1, CMU-2 and CMU-3); Central Business (CBD); Campus Master Plan -1 and -2 (CMP-1 and CMP-2); Employment (EMP); Warehouse and Distribution (WD) and Heavy Industrial (IH) zoning districts; the South Central Business Improvement Special Purpose District (SCBiD) and the Mixed Use (MU), Neighborhood Center Overlay (NC), Uptown Hospital (UH) and Uptown Light Industrial (ULI) districts of the Uptown Special Purpose District. In addition, mobile food preparation vehicles are allowed to operate on public and private school sites within residential zoning districts with written authorization from the school.

B.

Mobile food preparation vehicles must operate at least 1,000 feet from permitted special events locations and permitted farmer's market locations and the mobile food preparation vehicle shall not operate within two hours before or after a scheduled, permitted event or farmer's market, unless the vendor has received specific authority to operate from the event or farmer's market officials. Mobile food preparation vehicles may not operate within 300 feet of FedEx Forum or Autozone Park when events are being conducted or within two hours before or after such event.

C.

Approval to operate a mobile food preparation vehicle within all residential and residential work districts, or parks, except as provided below, shall require approval of a special use permit from the land use control board and the legislative body, subject to the provisions of Chapter 9.6 of the Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code.

1.

Mobile food vendors shall be authorized to operate in any park under a management agreement with the city or county government under terms and conditions established by those entities authorized by the city or county for such park management activities as to the times and locations within the park and additional fees charged for such vendors.

2.

Written authorization for activities within such parks by the management group shall be provided by the food vendor upon request by local or state authorities.

D.

Regulation of this section shall be performed by law enforcement and Shelby County Code Enforcement.

(Ord. No. 5542, § 1, 12-17-2013)