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Council reviews downtown food-truck buffer and definition of “restaurant” after vendor complaint
Summary
A vendor and staff argued the current 200-foot buffer around restaurants leaves few legal locations downtown; staff will return with alternative maps and options for amending the mobile food-vendor ordinance.
Councilmembers reviewed the city’s mobile food-vendor rules on Sept. 2, 2025, after a permit-holder who operates under the name Tribal Crunch said the ordinance’s 200-foot buffer from restaurants effectively prevents most downtown vending and that the rule’s undefined term “restaurant” complicates enforcement.
Josh McDowell, who said he represents his wife's business Tribal Crunch, told the workshop that his trailer sells popcorn and lemonade and that a strict reading of the ordinance leaves “nowhere she can go” in the downtown vending district. “I don't agree with the definition of what a restaurant is,” McDowell said. “My wife is a concession trailer. She is not a…
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