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Supervisors delay decision on home‑kitchen (MECO) ordinance after questions on on‑site consumption, city coordination and staffing
Summary
The board heard a proposed ordinance to allow licensed microenterprise home kitchens (MECOs) countywide but elected to delay formal first‑reading action; staff will return with clarified language addressing city coordination, staffing, fee waivers and potential pilot limits.
The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard a proposed ordinance that would allow Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MECOs) — small, permitted home kitchens authorized under recent state law — but the board deferred formal adoption and asked staff to return with further details.
Environmental Health and Consumer Protection staff described how the MECO permit would expand the existing cottage food framework to allow the same‑day sale of potentially hazardous cooked foods prepared in private residences, with limits: up to 30 meals per day and 90 meals per week and gross annual sales capped at $100,000. The staff presentation noted exemptions from some structural and plan‑review requirements that apply to commercial kitchens,…
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