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Planning board backs draft food‑truck ordinance, drops 6‑hour private‑event cap
Summary
The Planning and Land Development Regulation Board recommended approval of a draft ordinance to allow mobile food dispensing vehicles in more nonresidential zones and on certain city properties, after amending the draft to remove a six‑hour cap on private catered events and to align noise rules with other commercial uses.
The Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Regulation Board on Dec. 17 recommended the City Council approve a draft ordinance to expand where mobile food dispensing vehicles and temporary commercial kitchens may operate.
Senior planner Michael Hansen told the board the ordinance, drafted after council direction and stakeholder input, would permit food trucks as either a principal use (a dedicated “food‑truck park”) or an accessory use on private nonresidential property in specified zones. The draft relies on Florida Statute 509.102 for definitions and notes the state preempts licensing and health regulation, so local code can only define zoning, operating hours and site standards.
Hansen said the ordinance sets pad dimensions (roughly 20 by 25 feet, about 500 square feet), separation (10 feet between vehicles), caps (15…
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