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Trustees debate limits on mobile food vendors; ordinance discussion ends without clear final adoption
Summary
Trustees discussed proposed regulations limiting mobile food vendors (food trucks), including a 250‑foot buffer from same‑type brick‑and‑mortar establishments, a proposed ban in the greater downtown area and a two‑hour parking cap. After contentious public comment, trustees amended the proposal to remove the downtown ban but the roll call produced
The Village Board considered staff‑draft regulations for mobile food vendors that would add new limits to the village licensing code. Staff proposed several measures: require mobile vendors to stay at least 250 feet from an existing food or drink establishment of the same kind; prohibit mobile vendors from operating in the Greater Downtown Oak Park area (the Pleasant District, Downtown Oak Park District and Hemingway District); require a special‑event permit for vendors at events in restricted areas; and limit a stationary vendor to two hours in a business district without a special event permit (to match existing peddler rules).
Development Services staff described the proposal as a way to balance economic opportunities for mobile vendors with protection for brick‑and‑mortar businesses. Administrative Officer Naomi Diaz told the board there are currently 16 licensed mobile…
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