Title
Ordinance To Amend And Re-Enact Chapter 34 Of The City Code Of The City Of Hampton, Virginia Entitled “Streets and Sidewalks” By Amending Article I, Section 34-7 Pertaining to Sales Conducted On Or Adjacent To Public Right-Of-Ways
Rec
Recommendations:
Staff recommends approval
Purpose
Background:
This City Code amendment is proposed in conjunction with Zoning Ordinance Amendment 18-00004 (Agenda Item 18-0233). Taken together, the amendments would permit mobile food vendors to operate as an accessory use to a hospital in the Coliseum Central Overlay District. These amendments are a result of a request from the Sentara Hampton Careplex to allow mobile food vendors to operate at the medical campus to satisfy demand for late night dining options for third shift workers. Currently, mobile food vendors are only permitted to operate in areas that are zoned for retail sales and where outdoor sales are permitted. The Coliseum Central Overlay District, however, currently prohibits outdoor sales, and accordingly, mobile food vendors are not permitted at the Sentara Hampton Careplex. This is a unique use because hospitals are open at all hours and have a high number of employees who are scheduled to work after midnight. Allowing mobile food vendors to operate at Sentara would ensure that workers have access to food once the onsite dining facility closes after dinner and beyond the normal operating hours for many of the surrounding restaurants.
The Zoning Ordinance amendment would amend the Coliseum Central Overlay District to permit mobile food vendors as an accessory to a primary hospital use. This amendment to Section 34-7 of the City Code would align the regulations pertaining to peddlers permits and licenses (which are required for mobile vendors), with the zoning amendment.
The Coliseum Central Business Improvement District (CCBID) has been briefed on the proposed amendments and supports the change to allow mobile vendors as an accessory use to a hospital.
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