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Council asks staff for ordinance drafts after extended discussion of mobile food vendors
Summary
After a detailed staff presentation and broad council feedback, Morgantown council directed staff to pursue outreach and draft ordinance updates on hours, locations, permits and enforcement for mobile food vendors; no formal ordinance vote occurred.
MORGANTOWN — City staff briefed the Morgantown City Council on Jan. 6 about options to revise the city’s mobile food vending program and sought council feedback before drafting ordinance language.
Staff said current city ordinances generally prohibit business in the public right-of-way without a permit, the Morgantown Parking Authority manages the program, and permit regulations were updated in January 2025 to a monthly permit with explicit cleaning requirements. “We have ordinances in place that generally prohibit public right of way to…
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