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Commissioners direct staff to revise food‑truck rules to allow extended hours on commercial property; parks hours unchanged
Summary
The Wakulla County board asked staff to draft amendments to the county’s food‑truck ordinance to permit later service on commercial and industrial properties while leaving park hours tied to park operating hours.
The Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners directed staff to return with proposed amendments to the county’s food‑truck ordinance to allow extended operating hours on privately owned commercial and industrial properties while retaining current park‑hours restrictions for food trucks operating in county parks.
Under the existing ordinance, food trucks are limited to operating between sunrise and sunset. Commissioners asked staff to review and bring back options for changing the ordinance so trucks on commercial and industrial properties could remain open later into the evening. Commissioners and staff discussed practical limits and potential neighborhood impacts; the board indicated it favored extending hours outside parks and preserving park hours that follow the park’s posted open/close times.
Staff will review related provisions of the code — including a current requirement that a vendor not remain on the same site for more than 12 consecutive hours — and return in a future agenda packet with draft language and options the board can advertise and adopt. Commissioners asked staff to expedite the work so changes could inform next season’s events, including football nights where vendors are often requested to operate after games.
