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Commission directs staff to craft food‑truck regulations; temporary permits continue during rewrite
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing, the board directed staff to develop land-development-code language specific to food trucks and to continue issuing temporary-use permits under current rules while the county drafts new regulations.
Monroe County commissioners heard hours of public comment Wednesday on proposed language that would limit temporary-use permits for businesses such as food trucks to a single six‑month permit per property and would require longer-term operations to seek standard building‑permit or development approvals.
More than a dozen food-truck owners and supporters described the role the trucks play for residents and visitors, cited state sanitation inspections and said a shift from temporary permits to full building‑permit/regulatory requirements would be financially unworkable for most operators. Business owners and customers said food trucks provide affordable…
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