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TO: Mayor and Councilors
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Date: 4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
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TO: Mayor and Councilors
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Date:
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Created:
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6/17/2008 10:01:00 AM
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THRU: Isaiah Hugley, City Manager
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FROM: Finance Department
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Subject: Hot Dog Stand
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Jimmie Pate is scheduled to appear on the public agenda regarding her business
license. She has a license as a home based business to operate a mobile food
unit. Her home address is 4258 Cheshire Bridge Road. She currently operates
her mobile food unit in the parking lot of Lowe's on Veterans' Parkway and is
required to move after four consecutive days at this location. The Finance
Department chronology of events are listed below for your reference.
THE HOT DOG STAND
4258 Cheshire Bridge Road
Licensee/Owner: Jimmie T. Pate
Account # 06496001
Chronology of Events
02/14/03 ? Mrs. Jimmie T. Pate applied for a business license to operate a
mobile hot dog
stand. The Certificate of Occupancy approved Mrs. Pate to operate an
office
in her home to sell hot dogs, drinks, etc. Mrs. Pate was told that since
she
would be categorized as a mobile food unit, she could only stay in one
location for four consecutive days and if she exceeded that
time,
she could be cited for operating without a valid business
license at that
particular location. It was explained to Mrs. Pate that the
trailer could not be
on the grounds of the property on the fifth day. Mrs. Pate
inquired as to how
she could obtain a business license to operate at Lowe?s at
6750 Veterans
Parkway without having to move the trailer. It was explained
to Mrs. Pate
that she would need a Certificate of Occupancy and a health
permit for that
location. Inspections and Codes was called and Mrs. Pate
talked to Chief
Plans Examiner, Danny Cargill, who explained to Mrs. Pate why
the trailer
could not be considered a permanent structure in order to be
issued a
Certificate of Occupancy to conduct business operations.
Mrs. Pate explained to staff that she had purchased the mobile
food unit
from Mr. Ken Bearden who had operated it under the name of
Ken?s Dream
Dog and was not informed of the conditions of the license. She stated
that
she had signed a lease with Street-Eats to operate in front of Lowe?s
for seven
days each week. It was explained to Mrs. Pate that she could not
operate at
Lowe?s continuously for seven days, nor could she situate
her trailer there
when she was not open.
Mrs. Pate also stated that her intentions were to go to
different craft events,
etc. It was explained to Mrs. Pate that she had a mobile
food service
business license and if the events were in Muscogee County,
she would be
able to operate at the various events as long as she was
not there for over
four consecutive days.
Mrs. Pate made numerous telephone calls to staff inquiring
about
how she could operate at Lowe?s for more than four days
without moving the
trailer and she was informed again that she could not
operate at the Lowe?s
location for more than four days.
02/26/03 Mobile food services business license processed and issued to
Mrs. Jimmie
Pate; business name ? The Hot Dog Stand; business location
4258 Cheshire
Bridge Road, Columbus, Ga.
03/25/03 Mrs. Jimmie Pate and her daughter, Tracey Oakes met with Bill
Duck
(Inspections & Code Enforcement Division Chief) and Danny
Cargill (Chief
Plans Examiner) of the Inspections and Code Division and
Kay Love
(Finance Director), Craig Strain (Revenue Manager), and
Yvonne Ivey (Tax
Supervisor) of the Finance Department. Mrs. Pate and Mrs.
Oakes
inquired as to why they could not obtain a certificate of
occupancy at the
address of Lowe?s, 6750 Veterans Parkway. Mrs. Pate and
Mrs. Oakes were
informed by Bill Duck that the mobile trailer in which they
operate is
considered a tagged,licensed vehicle by the Sate of
Georgia; therefore, it will
not qualify as a structure. Because the mobile trailer
does not fit the
definition of a structure according to building code
regulations, a certificate
of occupancy could not be issued. It was also explained to
Mrs. Pate that
the type of certificate of occupancy and business license
that was processed
and issued to her was to enable her to operate in a mobile
manner and not a
stationary manner. A certificate of occupancy was approved
and processed
to operate an office in the home for a mobile food unit to
sell hotdogs,
snacks, drinks, etc., and the business license was
processed and issued for a
mobile food unit. It was further explained to Mrs. Pate by
Kay Love that
since she operated from a mobile type facility she could
not be in one
location for more than four consecutive days. Again, Mrs.
Pate and Mrs.
Oakes were informed that under Mrs. Pate?s current licensed
activity, the
current rules and regulations do not allow her to remain at
any one
location for more than four consecutive days.
Mrs. Pate wanted to know what she could do that would allow
her to remain
at Lowe?s location, 6750 Veterans Parkway without having to
move every
four days. She went on to explain how tedious it was to
unhook and remove
everything from the trailer because she had to move
constantly. Mrs. Pate
was informed that she could present her situation to the
Columbus Council.