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Conway staff recommends cap on mobile food vendors; council sends proposal to planning commission
Summary
City staff proposed capping mobile food vending permits at 40 per year and asked the City Council to send an amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance to the Planning Commission for public hearing. Councilors discussed exceptions for existing brick‑and‑mortar restaurants and enforcement concerns.
City planning staff proposed a limit on the number of permitted mobile food vending units inside Conway limits and asked the City Council to forward the proposal to the Planning Commission for a public hearing.
The proposal, presented by Planning staff member Miss Hess, would add a new limit of 40 mobile vending permits per year under Article 5 of the City of Conway Unified Development Ordinance. Hess told council the number of applications has risen sharply since the ordinance was adopted in 2018: staff processed six mobile vending applications in 2018, more than 20 in 2022–23 and more than 50 last year. Staff currently shows about 52 active mobile vending records and said administration of the permits has become…
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