St. Johns commissioners uphold staff ruling on Old Moultrie outpost but direct new code for food-truck parks

The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday upheld the county dministration dministrative interpretation that the Old Moultrie outpost does not qualify as a previously developed commercial site for mobile food vendors, but the board unanimously directed staff to craft a new Land Development Code provision to allow food-truck parks under a tailored standard.

Appellant counsel Jeremiah Mulligan of the Maury Law Firm asked the commission to reverse the county dministrator—inding and allow the outpost to resume operations. Mulligan said the parcel already has utilities, existing curb cuts, compacted parking and drainage and that a phase-1 interim plan could address safety concerns while a long-term development plan is processed. "If you grant the appeal, our position is that we should be allowed to go back to business today,"…