St. Charles Parish - File #: 2021-0312

• File #: 2021-0312
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Code, Chapter 13. Article V. Roadside, Mobile, Etc., Vendors in order to permit retail sales from mobile food establishments on private commercial property
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 12/6/2021
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 12/20/2021
• Final action: 12/20/2021
• Enactment #: 21-12-5
• Title: An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13 Licenses, Taxation and Miscellaneous Business Regulations, Article V. Roadside, Mobile, Etc., Vendors in order to permit retail sales from mobile food establishments on private commercial property.
• Sponsors: Matthew Jewell, Department of Planning & Zoning
• Indexes: P and Z (Dept. of), Vendors
• Code sections: Ch. 13. Art. V. - Roadside, Mobile, Etc., Vendors

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/22/2021	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
12/20/2021	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
12/20/2021	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
12/6/2021	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
12/6/2021	1	Parish President	Introduced

2021-0312
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ZONING)
ORDINANCE NO.
Title
An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13 Licenses, Taxation and Miscellaneous Business Regulations, Article V. Roadside, Mobile, Etc., Vendors in order to permit retail sales from mobile food establishments on private commercial property.
Body
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, contains language restricting the retail sale of food from mobile food establishments along any public right-of-way; and,
WHEREAS, the Code of Ordinances does not contain language permitting and regulating retail sales of food from mobile food establishments on private property; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish wishes to establish regulations allowing for the orderly permitting and regulation of the retail sales of food from mobile food establishments on private property.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13 Licenses, Taxation and Miscellaneous Business Regulations, Article V. Roadside, Mobile, Etc., Vendors is amended as follows with new text in underline and deleted text in strikethrough:
Sec. 13-501. Definitions.
Mobile Food Establishment: a business conducting the retail sale of food on a temporary basis and designed to be readily movable.
Sec. 13-502. Sec. 13-501. - Exemption.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any parish-owned property which is under lease or is part of a special event and where there is erected a stationary building or structure of a permanent nature, or in any public park/facility.
Sec. 13-503. Sec. 13-502. - Sales on public property prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any merchandise, wares, goods, food, food products, plants, flowers, seafood of any kind, paintings, mirrors, or any artifact or saleable product from any truck, automobile, motor vehicle, mobile unit, cart, stand, t...