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Council enacts 180‑day moratorium on enforcing roadside‑vending restrictions for food trucks in designated loading zones
Summary
To give staff time to rewrite roadside‑vending rules the council voted to pause enforcement of certain local restrictions on roadside vending for 180 days (specifically as applied to food trucks in town loading zones), while retaining state licensing requirements. The vote passed 4–1; Councilmember Worley voted no.
Lake Placid’s council on Jan. 13 imposed a temporary, 180‑day moratorium on enforcing the town’s roadside‑vending code with respect to food trucks operating in town loading zones while staff reviews and rewrites the ordinance.
Town planner Dana Riddell and other staff told the council that the current ordinance governing roadside vending (sections 117‑16 through 117‑19) governs both tents, pop‑up sales and food trucks; staff recommended a code review because food‑truck activity has increased but state health and food‑service permitting also affect the town’s ability to regulate mobile vendors.
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