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Florida League of Cities

Temporary Commercial Kitchens (Monitor)

CS/HB 415 (Porras) and CS/SB 752 (Calatayud) preempt local governments from regulating temporary commercial kitchens as it relates to licensing, permits and fees. This mimics the current regulatory structure for food trucks. The bills define a “temporary commercial kitchen” as any kitchen that is a public food establishment used for take-out or delivery meals housed in a portable movable structure that include self-contained utilities. A temporary commercial kitchen that is operated on the same premises and by a separately licensed public food service establishment may operate during the same hours of operation as the separately licensed public food service establishment. The bills do not affect a local government’s authority to regulate the operation of a temporary commercial kitchen other than what is proposed in the bills. (Taggart)