Sec. 30-1431. - Location.
(a) Valid vendor locations are designated by the city as follows:
(1) Phase 1:
a. Reserved.
b. 13 Downtown vending cart locations:
i. Lee Street: Four retail vending cart locations on the east side of Lee Street south of Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard;
ii. Washington Street: One retail vending cart location on the southwest side of Washington Street and Mitchell Street;
iii. Washington Street: One retail vending cart location on the west side of Washington Street between Mitchell Street and Trinity Avenue;
iv. Peachtree Street: One retail vending cart location on the east side of Peachtree Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Mitchell Street;
v. Peachtree Street: One retail vending cart location on the west side of Peachtree Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Alabama Street;
vi. Peachtree Street: One food vending cart location on the east side of Peachtree Street between Auburn Avenue and Edgewood Avenue;
vii. Peachtree Street: One food vending cart location on Peachtree Street between Harris Street and Andrew Young International Boulevard;
viii. Broad Street: One retail vending cart location on Broad Street SW between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Trinity Avenue;
ix. Baker Street: One food vending cart location on the north side of Baker Street NW between Centennial Olympic Park Drive NW and Luckie Street NW;
x. West Peachtree Street: One food vending cart location on the southwest corner of West Peachtree and Pine Street NE.
(2) Phase 2:
a. 12 Downtown vending cart locations:
i. Wall Street SW: One food vending cart or retail vending cart location at the southeast corner of Wall Street SW at Peachtree Street NW;
ii. Broad Street NW: One retail vending cart location on the west side of Broad Street NW, near the southwest corner with Walton Street NW;
iii. Walton Street NW: One retail vending cart location on the north side of Walton Street NW, near the northeast corner with Broad Street NW;
iv. Andrew Young International Boulevard NW: One food vending cart location at the southwest corner with Spring Street NW, adjacent to Walton Spring Park;
v. Andrew Young International Boulevard NW: One retail vending cart location at the southwest corner with Spring Street NW, adjacent to Walton Spring Park;
vi. Andrew Young International Boulevard NW: One retail vending cart near the northwest corner with Peachtree Street, in the curb extension; and;
vii. Andrew Young International Boulevard NW: One retail vending cart or food vending cart near the southwest corner with Peachtree Street, in the curb extension; and;
viii. Edgewood Avenue SE: One retail vending cart or food vending cart location at the northeast corner with Peachtree Center Avenue SE;
ix. Decatur Street SE: Two food vending cart locations at the southwest corner with Central Avenue SW; and
x. Decatur Street SE: One food vending cart or retail vending cart location at the northwest corner with Piedmont Avenue SE;
xi. Decatur Street SE: One food vending cart or retail vending cart location at the northeast corner with Piedmont Avenue SE; and
xii. Andrew Young International Boulevard NW: One food vending cart location in the street furniture zone on the south side of the street between Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Williams Street at a minimum distance of 30 feet from each street corner.
b. 3 Hardy Ivy Park food vending cart locations:
i. One food vending cart location inside the circular hardscaped area of the park;
ii. One food vending cart location inside the rectangular hardscaped portion of the park that contains a double row of trees; and
iii. One food vending cart location adjacent to the southern entrance to the rectangular hardscaped portion of the park that contains the double row of trees.
(3) Designated food truck areas.
a. The commissioner of the department of city planning shall be hereby authorized to administratively establish and remove designated food truck areas, to establish hours of operation for each designated food truck area, and to implement administrative rules to designate food truck areas. Designated food truck areas shall be established in accordance with the following criteria including, but not limited to:
i. There are no parking restrictions that conflict with food truck vending including, but not limited to loading zones, no parking signs and no stopping signs;
ii. The proposed designated food truck area is permitted within all zoning classifications except for a single-family or two-family residential zoning district. Designated food truck areas must be at least 200 feet from any single-family or two-family residential zoning district;
iii. The proposed designated food truck area may be in the right-of-way adjacent to all City of Atlanta parks, regardless of zoning classification;
iv. The proposed designated food truck area may be in the right-of-way adjacent to all MARTA rail stations, regardless of zoning classification;
v. The proposed designated food truck area must allow for sufficient area for food truck parking;
vi. There is at least five available feet of pedestrian space between the sidewalk curb and any building exterior doors to allow for pedestrian passage;
vii. The proposed designated food truck area is on a City of Atlanta owned street; and
viii. The proposed designated food truck area complies with any other applicable governmental parking restrictions.
(b) Valid vendor locations shall:
(1) With the exception of food trucks vending within designated food truck areas, not be within 15 feet of street intersections or pedestrian crosswalks or 15 feet of building entrances/exits or within 50 feet of hotels/motels;
(2) With the exception of food trucks vending within designated food truck areas, not be within 15 feet of other valid vendor locations;
(3) With the exception of food trucks vending within the Broad Street Plaza designated food truck area, not be within 200 feet of permanent businesses selling the same or similar products as the vendor;
(4) Provide a minimum of five feet of unobstructed pedestrian space;
(5) Not be within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(6) Not be within 600 feet of the closet property line of any public or private elementary, middle or high school; and
(7) Comply with any other applicable governmental parking restrictions.
(c) Within designated food truck areas containing metered parking spaces, food trucks may operate from no more than one-third of the metered parking spaces on each street on a block in accordance with sections 150-132 and 150-133, except as otherwise stated in this article.
(1) Food trucks may operate from two contiguous metered parking spaces within parking meter zones and shall not continue to occupy such spaces for a longer period of time than has been paid for. Food trucks shall not be the subject to the parking time limits referenced in sections 150-132 and 150-133.
(d) Valid vendors authorized to vend in valid vendor locations within city-owned parks are not subject to the park vending fees listed in section 110-3 of the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 2014-06(13-O-1339), § 3, 3-3-14; Ord. No. 2014-14(14-O-1137), § 10, 3-26-14; Ord. No. 2014-18(14-O-1203), § 2, 5-28-14; Ord. No. 2014-26(14-O-1306), § 1, 6-25-14; Ord. No. 2016-04(16-O-1001), § 4, 3-30-16; Ord. No. 2019-31(19-O-1253), § 1, 5-29-19; Ord. No. 2021-06(20-O-1697), § 8, 1-28-21; Ord. No. 2021-18(20-O-1696), §§ 8—12, 4-28-21)
