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City reviews sidewalk vending rules after state changes; staff to update local code and coordinate enforcement
Summary
Staff and police briefed council on state laws decriminalizing sidewalk vending and the enforcement challenges those changes create. Council supported updating Lodi code to match SB 972, increasing interdepartmental coordination and exploring expanded code-enforcement hours to address after-hours vending issues.
Deputy City Attorney William Baird and Police Chief Garcia briefed the council on state changes that decriminalized sidewalk vending and established administrative, objective rules for time, place and manner. Lodi’s municipal code currently requires sidewalk vendor permits, an encroachment permit for stationary vending and compliance with environmental-health requirements.
Baird explained the state’s two recent laws: SB 946 (which decriminalized vending and allowed local time/place/manner rules tied to objective…
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