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Garden City council opens review of food-truck ordinance, plans public workshop
Summary
Councilmembers debated the city’s 200-foot rule, permit fees and time limits for food trucks and asked staff to return with options and to schedule a public workshop for business and resident input.
Garden City — The Garden City City Council spent much of Monday’s meeting discussing changes to the city’s food-truck ordinance and asked staff to return with possible revisions and to hold a public workshop before any ordinance change.
Mayor Pro Tem Dole, who requested the discussion, said business owners and food-truck operators had asked for adjustments to the ordinance, particularly the 200-foot separation requirement from brick-and-mortar restaurants. "Some of the issues they're having: one is with the 200 foot distance from a brick and mortar," Dole said, and suggested reducing that distance or clarifying how it is measured.
Council member Kara Fotis said the ordinance’s current measurement—business-to-business property lines—can create much greater effective separations…
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