DATE: May 20, 2019
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Vernon Gerth, Assistant City Administrator
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Consideration of Ordinance 2019-14 AS AMENDED, "An Ordinance To Create Title 9, Chapter 11 Of The Franklin Municipal Code Establishing Regulations For Operating A Mobile Food Vending Business Within The City Of Franklin, Tennessee." (05/28/19 WS; 06-11-19 BOMA 1st Reading 7-1) Second and Final Reading
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) with the City of Franklin Mobile Food Vending Ordinance.
Background
In the past, the City of Franklin has allowed mobile food vendors to operate as itinerant merchants in accordance with the requirements set forth in Title 9, Chapter 4 of the City of Franklin Municipal Code entitled Peddlers and Solicitors which did not sufficiently regulate this growing and popular industry.
Because of the increased popularity of the mobile food vending industry, the City of Franklin has received a growing number of requests from mobile food vendors to operate within City limits. City staff received direction from the City of Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen to further examine existing City regulations related to itinerant merchants and mobile food vendors. City staff has concluded mobile food vendors, when carefully incorporated into the fabric of a community, increases the vitality of public and private spaces, increases the number of local culinary options, offers an alternative for dining that otherwise require driving, and fosters opportunities for local entrepreneurship.
City staff has provided the Board of Mayor and Aldermen a draft mobile food vending ordinance inclusive of definitions, permitting and operational requirements, and regulations for operation within City of Franklin parks.
After considering the input from a cross-section of stakeholders that included existing business owners with brick ...
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