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Tiffin council hears business owners, delays final action on mobile food vendor rules
Summary
Council introduced amendments to Chapter 7-23 governing mobile food vendors and discussed permit fees, location rules and multi-day operations after testimony from a local food-trailer owner; a motion to table failed for lack of a second.
Tiffin City Council members heard extended discussion Tuesday about proposed changes to Chapter 7-23 of the city codified ordinances that would regulate mobile food vendors, including new permit types, fees and rules for multi-day operations.
The issue drew public comment from Jamie Faidley, owner of James Markets, who said she has invested about $30,000 in a food trailer and asked for “special consideration” rather than special treatment if the city adopts a weekly fee or location restrictions. “A hundred dollars a month for someone like me… is just like, oh, shoot. One more bill I have today,” Faidley said, and offered to take safety steps such as caging or storing propane tanks overnight.
The ordinance introducing chapter changes was presented as the first reading of Ordinance 2025-54 to amend chapter 7-23; Law Director Zachary Fowler explained the draft language and enforcement approach. Fowler said the current ordinance text requires that “when the operation ceases they…
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