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Board weighs food-truck permit fee and whether to limit non-event vending
Summary
Board members debated raising the city's mobile food service permit fee and whether to restrict food trucks to special events, citing concerns about fairness to brick-and-mortar restaurants, sales-tax reporting and the city's long-term retail image.
Board members and staff debated whether to raise the mobile food service permit fee and whether to limit food trucks to permitted events, citing economic competition for restaurants, sales-tax reporting and aesthetic concerns.
Joe, a codes department staff member, told the board the city’s mobile food service permit fee is higher than several neighboring municipalities and that he could provide comparisons; he noted other jurisdictions charge roughly $50 to $75 for similar permits. David, a…
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