City Ordinance No. 2016-002 will effectively ban food trucks from operating within Sierra Vista, AZ city limits by prohibiting the use of electrical outlets as well as external or vehicle mounted generators as described in Section 151.06.009, Exhibit "A" of City Ordinance No. 2016-002:

Section 2: "Connection to a source of electricity, water or sewer at a mobile vending operation site is prohibited."

Section 3: "The use of portable or vehicle mounted generators to supply electricity is prohibited."

Without electricity, none of the food trucks that are currently operating in Sierra Vista will be able to continue business as they will no longer be able to prepare and properly store their products.

Not only will this negatively impact the variety of food available to the residents of Sierra Vista, it will also put dozens of people out of business and severely impact the amount of customers that shop the weekly farmers market at Veterans Memorial Park on Fry Blvd.

The ice cream truck that has been bringing joy to thousands of children that live in the city of Sierra Vista will also no longer be allowed to operate because they utilize an external, vehicle mounted gas generator to keep the freezers running.

By allowing Ordinance No. 2016-002 to pass, the city government is doing their constituents a huge disservice and something must be done to protect the food truck industry and families that rely on their business to make a living.