111 Shamrock Blvd Venice, FL 34293-1630

Office, Professional and Institutional (OPI); v. Commercial, Mixed Use (CMU); vi. Commercial, Shopping Center (CSC); vii. Planned Industrial Development (PID); viii. Planned Commercial Development (PCD); ix. Industrial (IND); x. Planned Unit Development (PUD); and xi. All Mixed Use Districts, except the Venice Avenue (VA) district. b. Setback requirement. When operating on private property, a mobile food vendor may operate only if set back at least 150 feet from any exclusively residential structure, unless the owner(s) of the residential structure provides the mobile food vendor with express written permission to operate. The 150 feet setback requirement is reduced to 50 feet where an intervening nonresidential building, such as a commercial building, screens the operation from the direct view of the single-family residential structure. c. Maximum number of mobile food vendors. No more than two mobile food vendors shall operate on any private property at any one time, except as may be allowed by a city-issued special event permit or temporary use permit. Mobile food vendors cannot utilize parking spaces that are required parking spaces for a business. Mobile food vendors shall maintain a minimum of ten feet separation from other mobile food vendors, buildings, and vehicles. d. Principal structure requirement. Except as otherwise provided by this section, a mobile food vendor may only operate on a lot that has a principal structure. However, operating on a vacant lot is permitted where the vacant lot is under the same ownership as, and is abutting, a lot that has a principal structure. Lots located across a public right-of-way shall not be considered abutting. e. Construction areas. A mobile food vendor may operate on private property that has an active building permit(s) for the development of a commercial or multi-family project only with approval of the property owner or developer. A mobile food vendor may also operate on private property that has an active building permit(s) for a single-family subdivision until the first certificate of occupancy is issued. Each phase of single-family subdivision shall be treated as a separate project. E. Stationary location requirement. A mobile food vendor must operate from a stationary location but may operate from multiple locations throughout the day, except as otherwise permitted in this article. An ice cream truck may operate as a moving vendor but only along a roadway defined as a local road in the transportation element of the Venice Comprehensive Plan. F. Access.