Council debates mobile food-vendor rules but declines final passage of amended ordinance 25-54

Tiffin City Council considered multiple amendments to amended ordinance 25-54, a change to Chapter 7.23 of the codified ordinances governing mobile food vendors, during its Aug. 4 meeting but did not adopt the ordinance. The measure would have set a $25-per-week location fee for vendors on city property, required mobile vendors to stay at least 100 feet from the main entrance of a brick-and-mortar restaurant unless the property owner granted permission, shortened an inactivity threshold from three days to 24 hours, and set an effective date of April 1, 2026. Council member Hayes moved the package of changes and said the intent was that vendors "tear down and move at the end of each day," with a limited 24-hour exception for short pauses in operation. Why it matters: The council spent months discussing…