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12 understand the rational for prohibiting a food truck on residential or undeveloped properties, outside of the given scenarios mentioned in the proposed language. She said as long as public safety standards are met, and the food truck complies in all other ways, she would find it acceptable to allow food trucks on residential property as well as undeveloped property. Ashley DeSena asked if this issue had been presented to the Planning Board. John Roberts said this would not go to the Planning Board because it is not part of the UDO. Ashley DeSena said she thought it would be good to go to the Planning Board to flesh this issue out and gather more public input. Commissioner Price said this came to the BOCC when Commissioner Rich petitioned to make these food trucks available, but she finds this proposed language to be adversarial to the food truck vendors. She agreed that these vendors should be held to the same health regulations as any other food establishments. Commissioner Rich said she does not understand the parking issue and asked if the food truck has to get permission to go onto a property. John Roberts said yes. Commissioner Rich asked if permission is received then why would parking be an issue. John Roberts said he does not see this as an overall problem, and he said hopefully the two entities, vendor and property owner, would have worked out parking issues beforehand. Commissioner Rich agreed. She said she does have a problem with the 9:00 p.m. stopping time and would like to have a conversation about changing this time. Commissioner Pelissier said she is not concerned about the 9:00 p.m. time limit, since it says it is only enforceable within 200 feet of a residence. She said she imagines that most food trucks will not be within this distance of a residence, unlike in municipalities where commerce and residences are more closely located. She said she would be willing to extend the time somewhat, but not too much later. Commissioner Dorosin referred to the section about permits and said it was his understanding that permits would not be required. John Roberts said that is correct. Commissioner Dorosin asked if the section pertaining to permits could be clarified. John Roberts said that referred to the health grade cards that a food truck must get from the Health Department, post and make available for inspection. Commissioner Dorosin referred to the question of time limits, and asked if other ordinances contained any distance requirements pertaining to residential properties or other prohibitions to food truck operations on residential property. Commissioner Rich said the other ordinances that she reviewed did not have such restrictions. Commissioner Dorosin said he would like to see a map showing the commercial areas in the County and where this ordinance would allow food trucks to operate. He said the question of time limits may be a moot point, as commercial areas may be few and far between. Commissioner Price said that is why she asked the earlier question about food trucks on Orange County property within the Town of Hillsborough at a later hour. Commissioner Pelissier said it is not the commercial properties that are an issue, but rather the farms in Orange County which are numerous and some may be within the limit of residential properties. Chair McKee asked if the nodes around intersections are considered commercial. John Roberts said yes.