Food Cart Pod – Text Amendment

Project Stats

Project ID: LU 2025-018 PA 'Food Cart Pod - Text Amendment' (785-25-000124-PLNG)
Project Type: Land Use
Date Received: Friday, December 19, 2025

Food Cart Pod – Text Amendment

Decision Maker:  City Council

Public Hearing Dates:
Planning Commission , Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:00 pm, Sherwood City Hall - Community Room, 22560 SW Pine St

An amendment to the Sherwood Zoning and Community Development Code to allow Food Cart Pods in the Light Industrial (LI) Zone District as a Conditional Use Permit (CUP), provided the use is entirely sited within 500 feet of Tualatin-Sherwood Road. Allowing mobile food units provides opportunities for small-scale entrepreneurship and fosters unique eating establishments and community gathering spaces for the public, while creating a transitional use between industrial and commercial lands. The proposed amendments would allow the development of Food Cart Pods subject to the following:

  • Allow in the Light Industrial (LI) zone;
  • Process as a Type IV Site Plan Review with a concurrent Type III Conditional Use Permit;
  • Meet all applicable standards within Chapter 16.39 – Food Cart Pods.

Supporting Documents

pdfLU 2025-018 PA_2/17/26_PC Staff Report pdfLU 2025-018 PA_2/17/26_ PC Staff Report W/ Attachments pdfAttachment A, Appendix A - Application Form pdfAttachment A, Appendix B - Applicants’ Narrative and Proposed Amendments pdfAttachment A, Appendix C - Neighborhood Meeting Documentation pdfAttachment A, Appendix D - Food Cart Conceptual Drawing pdfAttachment A, Appendix E – National Wetlands inventory map pdfAttachment A, Appendix F - Statewide Wetlands inventory map pdfAttachment A, Appendix G - Oregon Historic Sites Map pdfAttachment A, Appendix H - Plan Amendment Affected Parcels pdfAttachment A, Appendix I - Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) Analysis pdfAttachment B - Engineering memorandum dated January 23, 2026 pdfAttachment C - Pride Disposal and Recycling Company Correspondence dated January 30, 2026 pdfAttachment D - Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Correspondence dated January 23, 2026 pdfAttachment E - Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Commerce and Compliance Division Correspondence dated January 23, 2026 pdfAttachment F - National Flood Hazard Layer ‘FIRMette’ Map pdfAttachment G - Title 4: Industrial and other Employment Areas Map pdfAttachment H - Staff Proposed Code Amendments (Track Changes) pdfAttachment I - Staff Proposed Code Amendments (Clean Version)