The road has been paved, so to speak, to allow some entrepreneurial land owners to bring a new feature to the City of Mountain Home.In Thursday’s regular monthly meeting, the council approved an ordinance to regulate the operation of mobile food courts in the city.
Citing the popularity of food trucks throughout the nation, the ordinance will allow a property developer to construct a “food court” where multiple food trucks could park for a period of time.
Mountain Home Mayor Hillrey Adams says contact from potential developers and the success of such a facility in Batesville spurred the city to create the ordinance.
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The mobile food court would consist of a parcel of land developed with a set of pads, similar – but smaller – than what one might see at a mobile home park. The pads would be equipped with utilities. Owners of the food court would pay a business license to the City of Mountain Home in the amount of $50 per pad, per year. Those owners would then lease their pad space to food truck owners, who will pay the landowner rent by the day, week or month.
The ordinance contains limitations and sets stands for the potential food courts. The facilities can only be built on commercially zoned land, can be no closer than 50 feet to an existing restaurant and no vehicular or drivers service will be allowed. Food courts will be required to limit noise from external generators on food trucks, and if the property owner utilizes portable toilets, they must be screened from public view.
The council voted 7-0 to approve the ordinance, with member Don Webb absent from the meeting.
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