Planning commission debates vendor-code matrix: hours, parking and buffering the focus of workshop

Staff presented a draft vendor-code matrix intended to move vendor regulations from business-license enforcement into land-use rules that clarify where vendor courts, food vendor courts and private-property vendor pads are permitted and what mitigation they must provide. Johanna Blanco told commissioners the draft separates the business-license requirements from land-use triggers, clarifies a minimum area-per-vendor polygon, and proposes a mix of fixed and ratio-based parking calculations to keep mitigation proportional to use.