City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2014
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER/s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain Section 9-15-18 (Expiration) of Chapter 15 (Food Truck Vendors) of Title 9 (Licensing and Regulation) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as Amended to Extend the Food Truck Pilot Program for an Additional Two Months.
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ISSUE: On October 28, 2014, City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance (Attachment 1) to extend the end date of the Food Truck Pilot Program ("the Program") from October 31, 2015 to December 31, 2015. This ordinance accomplishes that change.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council introduce the ordinance and set it for public hearing and adoption on November 15, 2014 to adopt the attached ordinance to extend the expiration date of the Food Truck Pilot Program from October 31, 2015 to December 31, 2015.
DISCUSSION: As discussed in the docket memo to City Council dated October 22, 2014 (Attachment 2), the Food Truck Pilot Program was adopted by City Council on May 17, 2014 and took effect on July 1, 2014. Ordinance #4875 is included as Attachment 3 for your information and review. When establishing the Food Truck Pilot Program, City Council set an expiration date of October 31, 2015 for the Program. The Health Department permits run on an annual cycle. Therefore, the Food Truck Pilot Program vendor permit also must run on the same annual schedule in order for the necessary permit to be valid at the same time. As a result, the first year of the pilot program permit was a partial year, from July 1 (or when the permit was applied for) through December 31, 2014. The annual permit must then be reapplied for on January 1, 20...
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