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Board holds first reading of mobile food vendor rules; debate centers on parks, beer-garden contract and food carts
Summary
Village board conducted a first reading of an ordinance to regulate mobile food vendors in public spaces and parks, including locations and hours; trustees debated distinctions between food trucks, trailers and push carts and whether a one-year beer-garden contract should exclude other food vendors.
The Village of Hartland board held a first reading of an ordinance to regulate mobile food vendors and mobile food operations in village parks and public spaces. Ryan (planning staff) and village staff presented the draft ordinance and fee schedule and said the draft reserves certain parks for limited mobile-vendor activity this year while leaving the rules open for revision in future seasons.
Under the draft, some parks would allow mobile food trucks or trailers on specified days (the draft as presented singled out Nixon Park for Monday–Wednesday this year, with Centennial, Penbrook and Hartbrook allowed more broadly). The draft also distinguishes push carts and smaller food carts from full trailers and trucks by size/weight and by the operational impacts they create.
The discussion at the board level was lengthy and at times heated. Trustees and…
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