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Nolensville officials pause on permanent food-truck permits, seek zoning fix and legal guidance
Summary
Town staff and the board discussed revisions to the mobile-food vending rules after discovering the 2021 zoning provisions were effectively repealed; staff will analyze the zoning/permit mismatch, consider removing a 10-day limit and return with proposed code and procedural changes.
Town of Nolensville commissioners and staff spent extensive time Jan. 27 reviewing the town’s mobile-food vending rules and agreed to delay additional permit issuances while staff and the town attorney analyze how the zoning code and municipal permits interact.
The discussion followed public comments from local food-truck operators and nearby merchants. The issue arose because a 2021 ordinance that regulated mobile-food vending had been incorporated into an earlier zoning ordinance; when the town repealed that zoning ordinance, much of the detailed mobile-vending language was removed. Staff and counsel said the result is a gap between the municipal code, current permitting practice and zoning definitions.
Attorney Charles (Town counsel) told the board that the…
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