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Springfield officials preview ordinance to regulate food trucks, set permits, fees and setbacks
Summary
City staff presented a draft ordinance to regulate mobile food trucks on public and private property, proposing DPW permitting, setbacks, a two-truck cap on private lots, fees and a $100-per-incident fine; staff will bring the draft to City Council for consideration next Monday.
City officials reviewed a draft Springfield City ordinance to regulate mobile food vendors, laying out permit rules, hours, setback requirements, fees and enforcement procedures but taking no final vote.
Chris Sigdawi, director of the Department of Public Works, told the General Government Subcommittee that the city lacks a standalone food-truck ordinance and proposes amending Chapter 2.79 (peddling and soliciting) to add a new article for mobile food trucks. "We are going to take all of this documentation and put it into our occupancy manual," Sigdawi said, and routing permitting for both public and private property through DPW while keeping health, fire and police certification requirements in place.
The draft sets different rules for public and private property. Sigdawi said food trucks on public property…
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