Mobile Food Facilities Policy Review
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Date
2021-06
Authors
Meng, Sian
Yang, Yizhao
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University of Oregon
Abstract
Students reviewed and analyzed mobile food facility (MFF) policies from seven case study cities in order to help the city of Troutdale as it evaluates how best to update its MFF ordinances and policies.
Students collected materials from municipal codes, websites, reports, and news for their MFF policy analysis. Five Oregon cities and two out-of-state cities were selected as case studies due to their similar socio-demographic context to Troutdale or in the case
of the two out-of-state cities, being identified as having noteworthy example zoning ordinances per the American Planning Association’s (APA) publication “Regulating Food Trucks.”
The primary policy analysis includes three sections. First, students summarized how case study cities define MFFs. Second, students examined MFF policies, regulations, and practices by dividing them into three categories based on their spatial attributes, including general location restrictions, place-based regulations, and other non-spatial regulations. Lastly, students created a framework for reviewing the best policies and regulations regarding MFFs using four policy areas. These areas include:
economic activities, public health, public space, and public safety.
Based on policy evaluation results, students provided recommendations for improving definitions of MFFs, regulating system, three types of MFF policies, and management of MFFs
in Troutdale. This report has three
main conclusions: 1) General location restrictions may pose barriers for MFFs operators entering the market and sustaining profits, but would improve public safety and public pace. 2)
most place-based regulations aim to mitigate the negative externalities of MFFs and reduce the conflicts with neighborhood zoning designations, which also addresses public safety concerns and enhances the quality
of public space. In addition, specific place-based regulations, such as trash/ waste disposal, take public health into consideration. 3) The county-level health license and city-level business license aim to protect public health.
Description
43 pages