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Delano council approves 500-foot buffer, administrative permits for private-property food trucks
Summary
The Delano City Council voted 3-1 to allow food trucks on private property with a 500-foot buffer from brick-and-mortar restaurants, make permitting administrative, and allow the use in commercial, industrial and residential-commercial zones without a citywide cap.
The Delano City Council voted 3-1 Aug. 4 to allow food trucks to operate on private property with a 500-foot buffer from existing restaurants, an administrative permitting process and no cap on the number of permits.
Council action came after staff presented maps showing how 500- and 1,000-foot buffers would affect commercially zoned parcels. The council directed staff to prepare a zoning-code amendment implementing the council’s direction, take it to the Planning Commission and return to council for final adoption.
The move responds to complaints from brick-and-mortar restaurant owners about competition from food trucks and to an applicant request to permit food trucks on private lots without a…
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