Wixom council adopts ordinance regulating mobile food vending

The Wixom City Council on second reading adopted an amendment to the Wixom Code of Ordinances that adds regulations for mobile food vending to the city zoning code and adds a formal definition for the use.

Council members approved the ordinance — which adds a new section (18.12.0160) to Title 18 (Zoning), amends section 18.12.0180 to classify mobile food vending as a temporary use, and updates chapter 18.24.080 (definitions) to include a definition for mobile food vending — by voice vote after the item was read into the record. The clerk noted this was the council’s third time considering the item.

The ordinance was presented as a second reading and adoption; no roll-call tally was recorded on the transcript and no public speakers addressed the item during the meeting. The motion was seconded and the council voted in favor; the meeting minutes record the chair saying, “Opposed? Motion passes.”

The ordinance standardizes how mobile food vendors will be treated under the city’s zoning rules by creating a dedicated section and adding a definition in the code. The transcript does not specify implementation details such as permit fees, operating hours, setback or spacing requirements, or an effective date for the ordinance.

Because the record does not show a formal vote tally or an effective date, those specifics were not included in the minutes excerpt provided to the council at this meeting.

Action taken: second reading and adoption of the zoning code amendment to regulate mobile food vending; outcome — approved (voice vote).