§ 35-399. Mobile Food Courts.

(a)

Generally. Where permitted pursuant to section 35-311, mobile food courts shall comply with the following:

(1)

Location and Placement.

A.

Mobile food courts shall comply with dimensional standards of 35-310, Table 310-1.

B.

All activity must occur on private property outside of the public right-of-way unless the City of San Antonio has executed a license agreement authorizing such activity.

C.

Each mobile food court shall be located at least two hundred (200) feet away from any single-family residential use or single-family zoning district identified in section 35-303(a) including R-20, NP-15, NP-10, NP-8, R-6, R-5, R-4, and R-3. The two-hundred-foot minimum distance shall be measured from property line to property line.

D.

Vehicular drive-through service of food and/or beverages shall not be permitted except upon a specific use authorization of the city council for that portion of the property with the drive through.

E.

No more than ten (10) individual mobile food establishment units are permitted per mobile food court site, provided however that additional mobile food establishment units may be permitted by specific use authorization of the city council.

F.

No mobile food establishment or vending unit, structures associated with the mobile food court use, nor any seating areas shall be located in a required zoning setback, buffer yard, access easement, drainage easement, floodplain, driveway, utility easement and/or fire lane.

(2)

Site Development Standards.

A.

The provisions of article V shall apply to mobile food courts.

B.

The placement of the mobile food establishment unit shall not impede traffic nor visually impair any motor vehicle operation within a parking lot, driveway or street.

C.

A minimum twenty-foot wide fire apparatus access route shall be provided around the periphery of any mobile food court.

D.

Mobile food courts shall require an all weather surface as defined in section 35-A101.

E.

Mobile food courts shall provide parking in accordance with section 35-526, Table 526-3b. Occupation of any parking spaces by a mobile food establishment unit shall not reduce any required parking spaces for the principal use on a lot.

F.

Electrical service may be provided by a permitted temporary electrical connection (or other permitted connection provided by an electric utility) or on-board generators.

G.

Permanent restroom facilities shall be provided in accordance with Section 403.1 of the 2012 International Plumbing Code and any subsequent amendments to said code, as applicable.

(3)

Performance Standards.

A.

The visual and structural integrity of the mobile food establishment unit must be maintained continuously.

B.

No outside sound amplifying equipment, or noisemakers, such as bells, horns, or whistles shall be permitted except where city council has approved a specific use authorization for live entertainment and such outside sound is limited to those activities described in the definition of live entertainment in section 35-A101.

C.

Lighting shall comply with section 35-392, and if applicable the military lighting overlay district requirements.

D.

All signage shall comply with Chapter 28, Signs and Billboards. Signage for each mobile food establishment shall be affixed only to the unit. The following sign types are prohibited:

1.

Freestanding signs with the exception of one (1) single-tenant sign per street frontage to identify the name of the mobile food court and one (1) incidental sign per driveway where the sign complies with section 28-241(e)(6).

2.

Temporary signs.

3.

Off-premises signs.

4.

Digital display signs.

E.

Maximum permitted noise levels shall be in accordance with Chapter 21 of the City Code.

The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to mobile food courts established in the "ED" entertainment district operated or managed or otherwise maintained by an amusement park.

(b)

Lot Requirements. A mobile food court shall be platted in accordance with the subdivision procedures of article IV of this chapter.

(c)

License and Permit Requirements. All plans for site work, installation, construction, utility connection, signs and operation must be approved by development services and other departments as applicable, including but not limited to the office of historic preservation, health, fire and public works. The requirements of any special zoning district, including overlay districts, shall supersede the requirements of this section.

(Ord. No. 2012-05-17-0355, § 3, 5-17-12)