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The '''Birmingham food truck ordinance''' is a [[:Category:Birmingham ordinances|city ordinance]], passed on [[December 17]], [[2013]], to regulate [[Food trucks|food trucks]] and carts operating within the city limits.
The '''Birmingham food truck ordinance''' is a [[:Category:Birmingham ordinances|city ordinance]], amending Title 12, Chapter 14 of the [[Birmingham General City Code of 1980]], to regulate [[Food trucks|food trucks]] and carts operating within the city limits.
 
It was recommended by [[Johnathan Austin]] based on complaints from brick-and-mortar restaurateurs. The [[Greater Birmingham Street Food Coalition]] formed to oppose what they perceived as excessive restrictions. After being amended and tabled several times, the ordinance passed on [[December 17]], [[2013]] by an 8-0 vote.  


The ordinance requires mobile food vendors to obtain a permit to operate on rights-of-way in the city limits, with a costlier "premier" permit to do business in the [[City Center]]. Food trucks are required to maintain a 150-foot buffer from other restaurants, and their business hours are limited to between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, except for special events.
The ordinance requires mobile food vendors to obtain a permit to operate on rights-of-way in the city limits, with a costlier "premier" permit to do business in the [[City Center]]. Food trucks are required to maintain a 150-foot buffer from other restaurants, and their business hours are limited to between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, except for special events.

Revision as of 17:15, 17 December 2013

The Birmingham food truck ordinance is a city ordinance, amending Title 12, Chapter 14 of the Birmingham General City Code of 1980, to regulate food trucks and carts operating within the city limits.

It was recommended by Johnathan Austin based on complaints from brick-and-mortar restaurateurs. The Greater Birmingham Street Food Coalition formed to oppose what they perceived as excessive restrictions. After being amended and tabled several times, the ordinance passed on December 17, 2013 by an 8-0 vote.

The ordinance requires mobile food vendors to obtain a permit to operate on rights-of-way in the city limits, with a costlier "premier" permit to do business in the City Center. Food trucks are required to maintain a 150-foot buffer from other restaurants, and their business hours are limited to between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, except for special events.

A Birmingham Mobile Food Vendors Committee was created to review permit applications, determine rotating zones of operation for individual permit holders, and hear complaints.

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