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Plain City council debates $100 annual registration fee for mobile vendors
Summary
Councilors discussed setting an annual mobile‑vendor registration fee and staff recommended $100 based on neighboring communities (fees cited between $50 and $200; Ohio average noted as $122); council agreed to add the fee to the village fee schedule but no final ordinance vote was recorded at the meeting.
Councilors reviewed a staff proposal to set an annual registration fee for mobile vendors. Planning and zoning staff (Mister Hutchinson) said the ordinance passed earlier this year required registration but did not set a fee; his recommendation was a $100 annual fee based on a survey of surrounding municipalities, with the Ohio average cited at about $122.
Hutchinson described the recommendation as a one‑time annual registration that helps the village know vendor locations and avoid enforcement issues later. Councilors discussed bookkeeping and enforcement concerns, whether the fee should be per location, and whether nonprofit or public organizations should be exempted or charged at a different rate.
Staff noted that because the village has not codified a complete fee schedule, the council will need to authorize the update to add the mobile‑vendor fee; staff said updating the fee schedule is the mechanism to implement the $100 suggestion. No formal vote adopting a fee was recorded in the meeting transcript; council discussion indicated general comfort with the $100 figure and with staff updating the fee schedule for council adoption later.
Mister Hutchinson: "My personal suggestion would be $100."
