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Chapter 114. Mobile Food Units (Food Trucks) <br />§ 114.100 PURPOSE. <br />This chapter is enacted to permit the reasonable private use of mobile food units while <br />preventing any adverse consequences to residents, businesses, and public property. <br />§ 114.102 DEFINITIONS. <br /> For the purpose of this chapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly <br />indicates or requires a different meaning. <br />MOBILE FOOD UNIT. Mobile food unit means a food and beverage service establishment that is <br />a vehicle mounted unit, either: <br />(1) Motorized or trailered, operating no more than 21 days annually at any one place, or <br />operating more than 21 days annually at any one place with the approval of the regulatory <br />authority as defined in Minn. Rules, Part 4626.0020, Subpart 70; or <br />(2) Operated in conjunction with a permanent business licensed under M.S. Chapters 28A <br />or 157 at the site of the permanent business by the same individual or company, and readily <br />movable, without disassembling, for transport to another location. <br />§ 114.103 LICENSING. <br />(A) State and county license required. No person shall operate a mobile food unit <br />within the city limits without first having obtained the appropriate license(s) from the <br />state or county as may be required by County requirements and M.S. Chapter 329, as it <br />may be amended from time to time, or as may be required under any other applicable <br />state statute, rule, or regulation. Mobile food units must be licensed by the Minnesota <br />Department of Health and must adhere to state regulations for food trucks as provided <br />in Food Code Chapter 4626.1860, Mobile Food Establishments; Seasonal Temporary <br />Food Stands; Seasonal Permanent Food Stands <br />(B) City fire inspection required. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, no <br />person shall operate a mobile food unit without first obtaining an inspection of the <br />mobile food unit by City of St. Anthony Fire Chief or designee. The City may accept <br />evidence of a recent, comparable inspection of the mobile food unit from a list of other <br />municipalities maintained by the Fire Chief in lieu of a City of St. Anthony fire inspection, <br />at the sole discretion of the Fire Chief. <br />§ 114.104 OPERATIONS. <br />(A) Holders of conditional use or special event permits. Where outdoor sales are <br />permitted under a conditional use or special event permit approved by the City Council,