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Planning commission recommends 12‑month moratorium on new mobile food truck applications, and amends conditions for existing food‑truck operator
Summary
The commission voted to recommend a temporary 12‑month moratorium on new mobile food truck applications while staff and council update the zoning code; the panel also reviewed and clarified operational conditions for an existing permitted vendor, Tacos Ocampos.
The Willows Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve a temporary 12‑month moratorium on acceptance of new mobile food truck applications, and separately reviewed conditions for an existing permitted vendor, Tacos Ocampos.
Planning staff described the moratorium as a limited pause to allow the city, the planning commission and council to update ambiguous zoning language about mobile vendors and to create clear, consistent rules for carts, trucks and transient vendors. Staff explained the city’s current code contains vague terms such as "outside sales" and "transient mobile businesses," and that mobile food vendors are currently limited to the Central Commercial district under the existing code. The staff report noted the moratorium would not…
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