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Commission postpones new mobile-vendor zoning chapter after detailed operational questions
Summary
The commission discussed a proposed new zoning chapter to regulate mobile vendors and food trucks in commercial zones, heard questions about health, fire and ADA compliance and voted to postpone consideration to the February meeting.
Plain City staff presented a draft new zoning chapter at the Jan. 15 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting that would establish rules for mobile vendors (ZC-24-8). The draft would permit temporary, on‑private‑property mobile vendors in commercial zoning districts with limitations on seasonal dates, duration of stays, and parking impacts; staff emphasized the chapter addresses zoning only and that health and fire permits are separate requirements.
Staff told commissioners the chapter aims to allow controlled mobile-vendor operation while avoiding de facto permanent businesses. “Mobile vendors are temporary.…
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