City of Albuquerque
File #: O-16-3   
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 1/4/2016 In control: City Council
Final action: 3/7/2016
Enactment date: 3/23/2016 Enactment #: O-2016-004
Title: 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)
Sponsors: Isaac Benton
Attachments: 1. O-3, 2. O-3 Approved Committee Substitute.pdf, 3. O-3 Approved Floor Substitute.pdf, 4. FS O-3Enacted
Date Action ByActionResultAction Details
3/23/2016 City Clerk Published  Action details
3/23/2016 Mayor Signed by the Mayor  Action details
3/15/2016 City Council Sent to Mayor for Signature  Action details
3/7/2016 City Council Passed as AmendedPass Action details
3/7/2016 City Council AmendedPass Action details
2/1/2016 City Council Postponed as SubstitutedPass Action details
2/1/2016 City Council SubstitutedPass Action details
1/20/2016 City Council Accepted with a recommendation Do Pass, As Substituted  Action details
1/13/2016 Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass, as SubstitutedPass Action details
1/13/2016 Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee SubstitutedPass Action details
1/4/2016 City Council Introduced and Referred  Action details
1/4/2016 President Referred  Action details
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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