Garden City council amends mobile food vending rules, adds generator noise limit and 100-foot spacing from restaurants

Garden City — The City Council voted unanimously Monday to amend the municipal mobile food vending ordinance, removing a 200-foot linear buffer, expanding permitted site frequency, and adding new operational requirements including a generator noise limit.

The council approved amendments to Chapter 111 (sections 111.082–111.086) in Ordinance 25-008, and separately amended the city fee schedule to add a $300 annual mobile-food-vendor permit and a $75 fire-inspection fee. The ordinance change and fee schedule amendment passed on separate motions, each by a 6-0 vote.

The changes were presented by Mr. Smith, who described the key elements as “the elimination of the 200 foot linear buffer between properties that would be permitted for food trucks,” raising the allowable site frequency for a business-hosted food truck from six to 12 days a year, and converting a daily…