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Council signals support for loosening mobile food-vendor rules; staff to propose ordinance tweaks

3803015 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

Council directed staff to draft revisions to the city’s food-vendor ordinance to provide more flexibility (setbacks, paved-surface requirements and transience rules) while retaining health-inspection authority; staff will return recommended changes for future consideration.

Seabrook councilmembers on April 15 discussed proposed amendments to Chapter 22-51 of the city code governing mobile food vendors. Staff presented options intended to reduce regulatory overlap with Harris County health inspections, lower permit fees and remove or relax some location and paving requirements that councilmembers said limit practical…

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