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Planning board backs draft mobile-vendor regulations with request to refine sandwich-board rule
Summary
The planning board recommended that the City Commission approve a city-initiated code revision to regulate mobile vendors on private property, approving the amendment 6–1 while asking staff to refine proposed restrictions on freestanding/sandwich-board signage and clarifying overnight parking and commissary/lease concerns.
City staff presented a city-initiated text amendment on Oct. 21 to add zoning regulations for mobile vendors operating on private property. Staff said the change responds to a 2021 Florida statute that limited municipal licensing authority while leaving cities the power to regulate location and certain operational characteristics.
The proposed code language would require mobile vendors operating on private property to: obtain a signed site authorization from the property owner; show a site plan or mapped location identifying parking, drive aisles and proximity to fire lanes and hydrants; avoid required parking stalls, drive aisles or fire lanes; not park overnight in operating locations; maintain a self-contained operation (onboard water, power, waste where…
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