Council updates food‑establishment code and defers mobile‑unit permitting to state rules
Staff told council state law now controls many permitting and fee limits for brick‑and‑mortar restaurants and mobile food units; the council approved an ordinance to align Longview's Chapter 46 with those state changes and will publish guidance for vendors.
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Michael Shirley, a city staffer, told the council the item repeals and replaces Chapter 46 of the Longview Code of Ordinances to implement recent state changes affecting brick‑and‑mortar food establishments and mobile food units. "What I'm here to talk to you about is, how the city is implementing, state law changes into our food and mobile food unit requirements," Shirley said, and explained that the city cannot impose permitting or fee requirements more stringent than the State Department of Health and State Services.
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