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Calistoga council narrows mobile‑food rules but approves private‑lot option over business objections
Summary
After lengthy public comment and council debate about parking and town character, the council voted to allow mobile food vendors on private property in the downtown commercial district, with two members dissenting; staff will gather additional parking and property‑owner information before the second reading.
The Calistoga City Council on May 21 voted to introduce an amendment allowing mobile food vendors to operate on private property in the Downtown Commercial (DC) zoning district, a change that council members and local business owners said could affect parking and the corridor character of the town.
Planning Director Desmond told council the ordinance amendment would legalize mobile food vending on private parcels in the DC district; staff emphasized the draft applies to private property only and does not automatically permit vending in public rights of way. The change would apply across the DC district rather than to a…
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