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Glens Falls council adopts revisions to peddling rules after vendor objections over fees
Summary
The Common Council approved a local law amending City Code Chapter 156 on peddling and a related youth vendor fee schedule after public comment from food-truck operators and market organizers who said fees and exemptions are unclear.
Glens Falls City Common Council on April 8 approved a local law amending city code Chapter 156 governing peddling, soliciting and transient merchants and adopted a youth peddling fee schedule after several vendors and market organizers raised concerns during a public hearing.
Supporters of the change and city staff said the amendments update fee sections 156-17 (license fees for peddlers) and 156-35 (mobile food unit fees) and aim to clarify administration; opponents at the hearing said the code remains confusing and that some fees are out of step with actual city costs.
Eric Unkoff, a Glens Falls business owner, told the council he had emailed repeatedly about Chapter 156 and urged clearer exemptions and fee logic. “If the…
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