Planning Commission Minutes 2014 04 10

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April; 10, 2014 Page 15of 37 Regarding Centennial Valley from a competitive nature based on the buffers of 300’, no commercial zone district that fronts McCaslinwill be allowed to have a food truck. They would not have a competitive advantage that the anchored or brick and mortarrestaurants already have. They willbe 300’ beyond or behind theparcels on McCaslin. Staff does not think they are putting a significant disadvantage to the businesses within it but there are a number of businesses in Centennial Valley that would like to have theopportunity to provide food trucks. The ordinance isthe same for private property and public property. All conditions other than the temporary time frames. If applicant met business license requirements, it is a use by right and theoperation could run in perpetuity on that property, obviously different than what we would do in public right of way. Staff does recommend approval of Resolution 3 which presents a draft ordinance to City Council amending Title 17 of the Municipal Code to allow food trucks as defined in the City. Commission Questions of Staff: Russell asks who owns the Art Center. Russ answers the City of Louisville. Russell says that City uses are being treated preferentially in the Street Faire such as the food carts at the Street Faire being within 300’ but not requiring the same sorts ofpermission. Russ says the Street Faire is treated like all special events on public ROW that any applicant has a right to apply for use. The applicant has a right to apply based on criteria just presented. In the case of Street Faire, they are all private users separate from the City which the City is granting a permit. The exclusion that was requested last time was for the exclusive use of the Cultural Council. Any applicant in a commercial zone district cancome for the public use of the ROW and meet the criteria, so we can grant them that. It is not necessarily preferential treatment for the City. Brauneis says that the Art Center exists as an outgrowth of our community values. Why wouldn’t we want to support any endeavors they may have to keep a thriving Art Center here in Louisville? Russ says this ordinance allows them to do that. They can operate in the ROW with a private catered event;they can do presold ticketsfor anything in the Art Center. The lack of kitchen in the Art Center is the key problem. This ordinance allows them to have catered events in the Art Center. A key component of our community is safe residential neighborhoods. Introducing a commercial activity within a residential neighborhood is seen as conflicting with neighborhood values. The Cultural Council is an outgrowth of the community values but so are our residential neighborhoods. We have to balance that with the ordinance. Traditionally, we do not allow commercial activities within residential areas. Brauneis says it has existed as a City-owned property for a long time.