CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-SECOND COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S O-16-3 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
ORDINANCE
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F/S Amending The Traffic Code, Chapter 10, Article 5, Part I Of The Revised Ordinances Of Albuquerque To Decrease The Required Buffer Between Mobile Food Units And Site-Built Restaurants And To Authorize Mobile Food Units To Operate Within That Buffer After Those Establishments' Business Hours (Benton)
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AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CODE, CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE 5, PART I OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF ALBUQUERQUE TO DECREASE THE REQUIRED BUFFER BETWEEN MOBILE FOOD UNITS AND SITE-BUILT RESTAURANTS AND TO AUTHORIZE MOBILE FOOD UNITS TO OPERATE WITHIN THAT BUFFER AFTER THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS' BUSINESS HOURS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. Section 8-5-1-42 of the Traffic Code is amended as follows:
"? 8-5-1-42 Mobile Food Units on Public Streets. Any vehicle classified as a Mobile Food Unit pursuant to Section 9-6-5-2 ROA 1994 is permitted to operate from any public right-of-way where on-street parking is permitted subject to the following:
(A) For the purposes of this section, "operation" of a Mobile Food Unit includes any activity involved with food preparation or sales.
(B) No Mobile Food Unit, shall operate from any street frontage immediately abutting a single family residence, except that:
(1) When only one side of a street abuts a single family residence, nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a Mobile Food Unit from operating from the opposite side of the street, provided that all other relevant requirements and restrictions are met; and
(2) Mobile Food Units may operate from a street frontage immediately abutting a single-family residence during neighborhood events for which a Block Party Application has been filed with the Department of Municipal Development and for whi...
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