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Hot Springs exempts seasonal vendors and event vendors from new food-truck-park requirement
Summary
The Hot Springs City Board adopted Ordinance O-25-25 on May 6 to exempt seasonal vendors, permitted-event mobile food operators and certain existing licensed mobile retail food establishments from a new requirement to operate inside food-truck parks.
The Hot Springs City Board of Directors on May 6 adopted Ordinance O-25-25 to amend the city's zoning code and related ordinances so that seasonal vendors, permitted event vendors and certain existing mobile retail food establishments are not required to relocate into newly defined "food-truck parks."
City Attorney Brian Albright briefed the board on the background: the board adopted a revised zoning code (Ordinance 65-13) on Nov. 19, 2024 with an effective date of March 1, 2025. The new code had required mobile food vendors to operate in food-truck parks; after review and meetings with vendors, staff proposed changes to avoid unintended negative effects on seasonal operators and food-truck entrepreneurs.
Albright explained the ordinance removes the food-truck-park requirement for the following: seasonal operations as defined by the Arkansas…
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