Strongsville mulls regulating food trucks and amending code on street vendors - cleveland.com

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- The city, following the lead of North Royalton, has introduced legislation that would regulate food truck operations in town.

Under the proposed ordinance, which City Council first discussed April 19, commercial food trucks serving the general public would operate only in nonresidential zoning districts. However, residents or homeowners associations could hire food truck operators for one-time private parties or catered events on their streets.

Food truck operators would have to obtain permits from the city’s Building Department, paying a $150 application fee, and allow the Fire Department to inspect their equipment for safety. Permits would expire on Dec. 31 each year.

The ordinance, in conjunction with existing but amended code, would differentiate between mobile food operations -- which the city would allow only on private properties when in business districts, but not on public streets or sidewalks -- and street vendors who can sell nonfood items on streets and sidewalks.

Council members weren’t clear about the proposed ordinance and code amendments. They placed the legislation on first reading and referred the matter to council’s Public Safety and Health Committee.

Strongsville’s proposed food truck ordinance resembles the one North Royalton City Council passed earlier this month. For example, food trucks in North Royalton can operate in any zoning district except residential neighborhoods, although residents or homeowner associations can hire food truck operators for private parties.

Also, commercial food truck operators selling to the general public in North Royalton must obtain permits from the city’s Building Department and pass Fire Department inspections, although in North Royalton the permit application fee is $25 for two months, with a maximum payment of $100 a year.

In Strongsville, as in North Royalton, residents hiring food trucks for private parties on their streets would be exempt from food truck regulations and any associated fees as long as the trucks sell only to private guests and not the general public.

The Strongsville ordinance would also require:

· A permit from the director of public safety, instead of the building department, if a food truck wants to operate in a city park, playground or on other municipal grounds

· A general liability insurance policy providing coverage of at least $1 million for each incident

· Written permission from the owner of the property on which the food truck would operate

In addition, food truck operators would not be allowed to:

· Leave the food truck unattended while in operation

· Make loud noises to attract attention

· Conduct business without providing a waste container

· Obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic

Food truck operators would have to:

· Restrict their hours to between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.

· Contain and internally store any wastewater and/or grease from the food truck

· Comply with all city, state and Cuyahoga County laws and regulations regarding fire prevention, food safety and traffic flow

· Keep the site of the food truck clean

Vending variations

Strongsville has also proposed amending its existing code, in place since the early 1980s, on street vending.

The amendments would:

· Increase the city permit application fee for street vendors from $10 to $50

· Require street vendors, like food truck operators, to internally store any wastewater and/or grease from their operations

· Require street vendors, like food truck operators, to comply with all city, state and Cuyahoga County laws and regulations regarding fire prevention, food safety and traffic flow

Remaining in the street vending code would be prohibitions against:

· Exceeding 12 mph when cruising through neighborhoods seeking or making sales

· Stopping more than twice on any block

· Stopping within 25 feet of an intersection

· Double parking or making U-turns

· Driving backward to make a sale

· Selling to anyone standing in a street

· Allowing anyone except a business assistant to hang onto a vehicle

· Remaining stopped at any one place for more than five minutes

· Selling along any one route more than once every 24 hours

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