6.32.030 Mobile Food Business General Requirements.
(1) No person shall operate a mobile food business, without first having obtained a business license from Provo City in accordance with Chapter 6.01, Provo City Code, or its successor.
(2) Mobile food businesses are allowed to operate in the public right-of-way only within the SC1, SC2, SC3, FC1, FC2, DT1, DT2, GW, WG, CG, ITOD, CM, M1, M2, PIC, PF, and OSPR zones in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Mobile food businesses shall be allowed to vend on private property within all the aforementioned zones in Provo, with prior consent from the private property owner.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, mobile food businesses are not allowed to operate within the boundaries of the Food Truck Restriction Area. Food trucks may operate along the peripheral street frontage of the Food Truck Restriction Area. The Food Truck Restriction Area is described as follows: commencing at the intersection of 500 West Center Street; thence north to 100 North Street; thence east to 200 West Street; thence north to 200 North Street; thence east to 100 East Street; thence south to 200 South Street; thence west to 200 West Street; thence north to 100 South Street; thence west to 500 West Street; thence north to the point of beginning, and as graphically illustrated in this subsection:
(4) Restrictions on mobile food businesses found in Subsection (3) of this Section and Section 6.32.090(4), Provo City Code, shall not apply under any of the following circumstances:
(a) the mobile food business receives permission from the Mayor’s Office to operate in the Food Truck Restriction Area (the grant of this permission only exempts the mobile food business from Subsection (3) of this Section, not from Section 6.32.090(4), Provo City Code);
(b) the mobile food business is catering an event, meaning the mobile food business has been invited by the event sponsor to serve or sell food at an event that is not open to the public; or
(c) the mobile food business is invited to a special event that is permitted and held in compliance with Section 14.35.100, Provo City Code.
(5) It shall be unlawful for any mobile food business to operate adjacent to a public park in or next to a OSPR zone without the prior written consent of the Director of Parks and Recreation or the Director’s designee.
(6) Notwithstanding Subsections (1) through (5) of this Section, mobile food businesses may not operate in the public right-of-way during large public gatherings along designated high traffic volume corridors which have been previously outlined in a Special Events Permit issued by Provo City; provided, that public safety personnel on the City Special Events Review Committee have made a specific finding that the anticipated weather and/or traffic conditions require such limitations in order to preserve public safety and reduce gridlock.
(7) Prohibited Sales. No alcohol shall be provided/sold from a mobile food business.
(8) Pedestrian Flow. The mobile food business shall ensure that its use of the right-of-way, including without limitation the sidewalk, in no way interferes with or limits sidewalk users’ free and unobstructed passage. The vendor must maintain clear, continuous sidewalk width of no less than four (4) feet. The mobile food business shall ensure that patron lines do not interfere with the sidewalk.