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Article 4: Use Standards
Section 4.4. Temporary Uses and Structures
4.4.5. Temporary Use-Specific Standards
June 23, 2017
Morrisville, NC
Page 4-54 Unified Development Ordinance
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All equipment required for the operation shall be contained within, attached to, or located
within three feet of the food truck and all food preparation, storage, and sales/distribution
shall be in compliance with all applicable County, State, and federal sanitary regulations.
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Approval shall be obtained from the property owner for any lot proposed to accommodate
one or more food truck businesses. If at any time evidence is provided that the food truck
business is not in compliance with these regulations (such as those limiting the number of food
trucks allowed on the lot, outdoor seating, or hours of operation), the property owner and/or
food truck may be held responsible for the violation.
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The vendor shall provide evidence of having obtained a County Permit (e.g. Wake County
Commissary Form), a NC Sales and Use Certificate for collecting and paying the proper sales
taxes and prepared meals taxes, and a means for the disposal of grease within an approved
grease disposal facility as part of their food truck application. All required Town, County, and
State permits and licenses shall be clearly displayed on the food truck.
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If at any time the County revokes or suspends any issued permit, the Town approval of the
food truck permit shall be immediately revoked or suspended.
(Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
Garage or Yard Sale
a.
No garage or yard sale shall occur for longer than three days.
b.
No more than two garage or yard sales may be conducted on an individual site in any calendar
year.
Mobile Classrooms
Mobile classrooms are allowed on the site of an existing school or place of worship, subject to the
following standards:
a.
Mobile classrooms shall be used only as temporary expansion of classroom space pending
implementation of definite plans for the permanent expansion of classroom space or alternative
means of meeting growing classroom needs.
b.
Mobile classrooms shall not be placed within existing required landscaping or perimeter or
streetyard buffer areas, or areas designated on approved development plans for future
landscaping, perimeter and streetyard buffers, open space, or vehicular access.
c.
All permits required by applicable building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes shall
be obtained before placement of the mobile classroom on the site.
d.
There shall be plan in place for the rapid evacuation of the mobile classrooms in case of severe
weather or other natural or man-made disaster.
Outdoor Sales, Seasonal
Goods may be displayed and sold on a temporary basis, without establishing a permanent place
of business, subject to the following standards:
a.
The property contains an area not actively used that will support the proposed temporary sale
of products without encroaching into or creating a negative impact on existing vegetated areas,
open space, landscaping, traffic movements, or parking-space availability.
b.
The display or sale of goods, products, and/or services shall not occur in the public right-of-
way or within 100 feet of an existing residential use.
c.
Any tent or other temporary structure shall be located so as not to interfere with the normal
operations of any permanent use located on the property.
d.
Off-street parking shall be adequate to accommodate the proposed sale of products.