Public hearing followed by discussion and possible action on any and all matters regarding Text Amendment Case No. 2018-0385. A request by the City of San Luis for a text amendment to the San Luis City Code, Chapter 152 Zoning Regulations by amending and adding regulations to Section 152.106(C) relating to conditional uses in the Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) Zoning District. 

A. Open public hearing B. Close public hearing
C. Action on Text Amendment Case No. 2018-0385

This text amendment is to allow outdoor mobile food “parks” or “courts” as a primary use of a property zoned as Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) as a conditional use. Outdoor food courts would allow for the congregation of multiple mobile food units at a single location. Property owners seeking to create an outdoor food court would be required to provide for the necessary site amenities as any other commercial business such as the provision of off-street parking, landscaping, restrooms, and building permits for any permanent structures on the property. 

City staff has received many inquiries from citizens regarding the ability to allow food trucks to be established in the C-1 district, prompting staff to review the current regulations. Currently mobile food vendors are not allowed in the C-1 district. Rather than listing it as a permitted use and allowing mobile food vendors to be established dispersed around in the C-1 district, staff is proposing to allow outdoor food courts as a conditional use. This will allow the mobile vendors to be located within this district in a place with necessary improvements.