How to Start A Food Truck Park?
at 10:30AM, Wednesday- June 12th, 2019 by Food Truck Spaces
If you’re looking to start a food truck park, the first thing to do is to research zoning regulations and permitting within the geographic region of interest. You don’t have to have down all the exact specifications required since you’ll need to constantly keep pace with this in the future as you move along, but a general idea of all city requirements needed will help you determine if you have the resources and funding to go through with the project. A good idea is to partner up or reach out to a city planner or developer to see what’s possible, which areas are developing and where a food truck park would add value.
Once you’ve determined that you have the resources and funding to open a food truck park, the next step is to find an empty lot or venue that would serve as a great location for a food truck park. If this lot falls outside of the zoning district or city you originally did research for, go back through and research all regulations and permitting needed to go through with this location.
With the location decided, a lease or purchase agreement for the land will need to be negotiated and executed. Make sure this location not only allows for food truck setup but also for pedestrian flow and parking. Ask yourself, are you able to make this location appealing and lively for people to want to come and frequent trucks?
Once all this has been decided, you’ll need to follow through with all requirements by the county, city, fire department, and health department. This most likely means providing access to restrooms, running water lines, drainage, and proper seating/eating areas. You will need to get together with an architect to help design the layout. From there you will need to hire contractors to develop and build as well as purchase all items needed to execute the job. Once again, having a land/city developer as a reference is highly beneficial.
It’s recommended that you have all permits, contracts, architectural designs signed off on and approved by the governing authority before moving forward to the next step. It not fun when you have to strip down and re-do something because it wasn’t up to code. Keep in mind government departments DO NOT communicate with each other – this means it is your job to go back and forth between all parties keeping them up to date and aware of the steps. One government department may contradict the other causing confusion, so it’s best to have a point of contact you can trust at each department. Make sure to ask if there are any requirements regarding greenspace or landscape on your part regarding the land space.
Once you’ve successfully completed all the steps for a food truck park, it’s finally time to reach out to a food truck booking company or a coordinator to get you connected to trucks to get your space leased out!
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