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Select board tables draft mobile food vendor ordinance, will send to legal
Summary
The board reviewed a draft mobile food vendor (food truck) ordinance and permitting form, decided the select board may not have authority to enact all provisions and agreed to redraft and send the proposal to town counsel and relevant departments for review before returning to the board.
The Greenland Board of Selectmen discussed a draft mobile food vendor ordinance April 20 and agreed to pause further action while staff and counsel refine the proposal and confirm appropriate statutory authority.
Board members and staff said vendors had already spoken to the planning board, police and fire departments and had the technical approvals those departments required for health, safety and traffic. The draft before the select board included permitting and licensing language, but officials raised questions about what items the select board could implement administratively and which required a public hearing or other statutory steps. "I would recommend tabling this for now," a board member said, and the board agreed to do additional research and send the draft to the town attorney for review.
Meeting participants noted that one vendor will operate on a limited schedule this season under existing permissions and that another vendor is expected to appear before the planning board at a later meeting; the board said it would not block vendors already approved for limited dates while the ordinance is refined.
Ending: Staff will clean up the draft, check relevant RSAs and return an updated draft to the board after legal review and any required public-hearing steps are identified.
