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Council adopts amended rules for mobile food vendors, sets annual permit process
Summary
Monticello adopted Ordinance 2025-44 to clarify permitting and define special events for mobile food vendors; the police department will issue the permits and the city adopted an annual permit option.
The Monticello City Council on June 23 adopted Ordinance 2025-44, amending Title 11 of the municipal code to clarify permitting for mobile food vendors and to establish an annual permit process.
The city’s police department presented the changes, saying the code update defines what constitutes a special event and creates an annual permit option for food truck operators who asked for a clearer, recurring permitting pathway. The police representative described the change as intended to make issuance and enforcement more straightforward.
Council members voted by roll call to adopt the ordinance as presented. The new language gives the police department authority to issue the new annual permits and to apply existing public-safety and sanitation rules to vendors and event operators.
The ordinance does not specify fees in the council discussion recorded at the meeting; staff indicated the change was to the permitting process and definition of special events rather than a broader rewrite of Title 11. Operators seeking permits should contact the police department for application instructions and any fee schedule.
