{"id":11630,"date":"2017-02-28T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmampo.org\/?page_id=11630"},"modified":"2023-03-22T20:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T20:15:03","slug":"mobile-food-vending-regulations","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/project\/best-practices\/mobile-food-vending-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Food Vending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many communities in the region are recognizing that food trucks are here to stay and are no longer a downtown Des Moines amenity. Many cities in the region recognize mobile food vending is a substantial departure from vending typically associated with outdated location regulations. City leaders recognize there is no \u201cone size fits all\u201d prescription for how to effectively incorporate food trucks into their community. The following are initial steps to develop a regional approach for best practices and policies relating to food vending across the metro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MPO Recommendations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mobile-food-vendors-introduction-to-best-practices.docx\">Overview and introduction to best practices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mpo-mobile-food-vendor-policy.docx\">Recommended ordinance language<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cedar-rapids-mobile-food-vendor-administrative-rules.docx\">Cedar Rapids mobile food vendor administrative rules<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/sample-presentation-overview-of-food-truck-policy.pptx\">PowerPoint presentation overview of best practices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/os-grill-food-truck-lic-16-17.pdf\">Sample Mobile Food Vending License&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlc.org\/Documents\/Find%20City%20Solutions\/Research%20Innovation\/Economic%20Development\/RI_FoodTruckReport2013_final.pdf\">Food on Wheels: Mobile Vending Goes Mainstream<\/a>. National League of Cities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.drake.edu\/newsEvents\/docs\/2014-sustainability-reportC.pdf\">Food Trucks: A Desert Oasis<\/a>.&nbsp; Drake University Sustainability &amp; Law 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/legionoffood.org\/\">Legion of Food<\/a>, Des Moines Iowa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cedar-rapids.org\/business\/licenses_permits_and_taxes\/business_licenses_and_permits\/vendors.php\">Cedar Rapids documents<\/a> &#8211; vendor license application, information packet, application checklist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City leaders recognize there is no \u201cone size fits all\u201d prescription for how to effectively incorporate food trucks into their community. The following are initial steps to develop a regional approach for best practices and policies relating to food vending across the metro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23952,"parent":8294,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"display_status":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/11630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/11630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23953,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/11630\/revisions\/23953"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/8294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"display_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmampo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/display_status?post=11630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}