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INFORMATION ITEM 1 PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director Current Planning 131 W. Margaret Lane (919) 245-2575 � Suite 201 (919) 644-3002 (FAX) RA11 3 E 1''.11\11 FY P. O. Box 8181 www.orangecountync.gov ^KN;(1 I t CAR01-INA Hillsborough, NC 27278 �irr Uia�l//i I 1 0N � 021�o/Gcd�a r amw MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners Bonnie B. Hammersley, County Manager FROM: Michael D. Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor Craig Benedict, Planning Director CC: John Roberts, County Attorney James Bryan, County Attorney DATE: June 16, 2015 SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEM — Operation of Mobile Food Vending Units within Orange County Please accept the following memorandum regarding a petition requesting mobile food trucks/vendors be allowed to operate within the County's planning jurisdiction. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Mobile food vending units (hereafter `trucks') are currently not recognized as an allowable permitted or accessory use of property within the County's planning jurisdiction. Staff has been involved in several enforcement actions over the years requiring trucks to cease operating from both residentially and non- residentially zoned property and working with NC DOT who enforces this restriction within their right-of-way. Unlike urban areas, accessing trucks within the County typically requires the use of an automobile (i.e. patrons have to drive to where the unit is located). Additionally trucks have staged their operation(s) on either developed property with inadequate infrastructure (i.e. waste disposal facilities, parking for patrons, etc.) to support them or on undeveloped property with no infrastructure whatsoever. An appeal of our determination, specifically trucks are not a permitted and/or accessory use of property, was heard by the Board of Adjustment in 2007. The Board affirmed staff's determination at that time.