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Tulsa staff propose code changes to comply with stateFood Truck Freedom Act; council weighs oversight, fee and inspection gaps
Summary
City legal staff recommended removing a local mobile-vendor license and limiting city fees for food trucks to an administrative processing charge to comply with House Bill 1076; the state fire marshal will assume inspections under House Bill 2459, raising local questions about oversight and a roughly $25,000 annual revenue shortfall.
City legal staff told the Tulsa City Council Public Works Committee on Wednesday that two recent state laws will force changes to local rules for mobile food vendors, including removal of the city—s separate mobile-vendor license and limits on what fees the city may charge.
Caroline Gerro Wolfe and Eric Kronf of the City—s legal department said the changes are required by House Bill 1076, the Food Truck Freedom Act, which preempts some local regulation of food trucks, and House Bill 2459, which moves life-safety inspections for food trucks to the state fire marshal—s jurisdiction. Kronf told the committee the state laws are due to take effect Nov. 1 and the city is updating its ordinances so local code complies.
The legal staff summarized three core adjustments. First, the city must eliminate a separate local mobile-vendor license: "The state allows for one…
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