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Aurora staff propose tighter food-truck rules after complaints about permanent setups, waste and safety
Summary
City planning and licensing staff proposed a two-phase update to Aurora's food-truck rules to limit long-term parking, require nightly storage at commissaries, increase property-owner accountability and create a new permanent 'food-truck plaza' use; council asked staff for complaint counts by ward and enforcement options prior to moving code language forward.
Staff from Aurora's planning, licensing and business-development teams presented a two-phase plan to tighten city rules for food trucks after council members reported repeated constituent complaints about trucks staying long-term, noise, sanitation and traffic hazards.
"I've been getting many complaints in my ward specifically on how food trucks are being, not curtailing to the issues," Council Member Lawson said, describing problems at a Chambers/Hamden retail center and asking staff to seek a compromise that protects neighborhoods.
City planner Eric Gates described current rules in the Unified Development Ordinance: city and state licenses are required, typical operating hours are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., trucks generally must be 175 feet from a restaurant entrance (unless the property owner permits otherwise) and 50 feet from single-family properties unless operating as an accessory use. Gates and licensing manager Trevor Vaughn said the code does not clearly distinguish temporary operations from trucks that effectively station themselves permanently, and it lacks…
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